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Electrodiagnostic Tests

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Intraocular Inflammation

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The diagnosis of retinal and visual pathway disease can be aided by the use of electrophysiologic techniques such as the Ganzfeld, multifocal or pattern electroretinogram, electrooculography and visual evoked cortical potentials. Each technique allows to access a certain step in visual processing. The following gives a brief introduction into electrodiagnostic procedures to provide sufficient understanding of each test. More detailed information on electrophysiologic tests can be obtained from references. For all protocols described herein, the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV) has issued standards of performance of the tests.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University Clinic Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, Regensburg, D-93053, Germany

    Herbert Jägle MD, FEBO

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  1. Centre of Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

    Manfred Zierhut

  2. Biomedical Research Centre, Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eyes Hospital, Department of Medical Retina, UCL, London, United Kingdom

    Carlos Pavesio

  3. School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University Graduate, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Shigeaki Ohno

  4. University of Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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Jägle, H. (2016). Electrodiagnostic Tests. In: Zierhut, M., Pavesio, C., Ohno, S., Orefice, F., Rao, N. (eds) Intraocular Inflammation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75387-2_12

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