The negative ERG is not synonymous with nightblindness

Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 99, Issue , 2001, Pages 171-176

  Cibis, Gerhard W ^a,c,d   Fitzgerald, Kathleen M ^b,c,d  

^a Section of Ophthalmology

^b Children's Mercy Hosp Vis Sci L

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DEPOLARIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STANDARD;

EID: 84860931503     PISSN: 00659533     EISSN: 00659533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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