title: [An investigation of the multi-channel VEP topography by full field stimulation in functional amblyopia of children].
abstract: 37 children of functional amblyopia and 40 normal children were examined with the multi-channel VEP topography by full field pattern reversal stimulation. The average results of esotropia showed a "half field stimulation effect", or an asymmetric distribution, in the amblyopic eyes, and a minor "half field stimulation effect" also existed in the nonamblyopic fellow eyes. However, the "half field stimulation effect" did not appear in both the amblyopic and non-amblyopic fellow eyes in anisometropic amblyopia. The findings suggest that (1) the pathological mechanism may be different between esotropic and anisometropic amblyopia, and (2) the non-amblyopic eye in esotropic amblyopia may not actually be "normal".
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, First Teaching Hospital, Beijing Medical University.
authors.forename: K X
authors.initials: KX
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000550:Amblyopia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004948:Esotropia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male