A fast visual evoked potential method for functional assessment and follow-up of childhood optic gliomas

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 217-226

  Trisciuzzi, Maria Teresa S ^a   Riccardi, Riccardo ^a   Piccardi, Marco ^a   Iarossi, Giancarlo ^a   Buzzonetti, Luca ^a   Dickmann, Anna ^a   Colosimo Jr , Cesare ^b   Ruggiero, Antonio ^a   Di Rocco, Concezio ^c   Falsini, Benedetto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flicker; Fourier analysis; Optic glioma; Optic pathways; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUMINANCE; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STEADY STATE; TIME; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 9144245704     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00282-7     Document Type: Article

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