[Cortical blindness: 1st Senegalese cases confirmed by sensory electrophysiology].
The authors report on the first case of Cortical Blindness in Senegal to be confirmed by sensorial electrophysiology (ERG and study of PEV). They stress the clinical aspects and the etiological factors dominated by infectious cerebral meningitis, particularly in sucklings.
Ndiaye
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Ndiaye
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Ceccon
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Diagne
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D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000150:complications; D004596:Electroretinography; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*
Cécité corticale: premiers cas sénégalais confirmés par l'électrophysiologie sensorielle.