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Electrodiagnosis by luminance and pattern stimulation

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Evoked Potential Manual

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Stimulation in order to obtain VEPs has been performed in many different ways. The responses to the different stimuli usually are analysed in terms of their temporal components and their spatial distribution. We shall discuss both descriptions of responses in a more or less extensive manner, covering both research data and those that are currently in use in clinical routine. When we come to present some pathological conditions in a later part of this chapter it will become clear which of the vast set of possible stimuli preferably should be used in a certain pathological condition.

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  1. Delta Municipal Hospital Rotterdam, Poortugaal, The Netherlands

    E. J. Colon (Chief Psychiatric Education) (Chief Psychiatric Education)

  2. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    E. J. Colon (Chief Psychiatric Education) (Chief Psychiatric Education)

  3. Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    S. L. Visser

  4. Koningsvaren 87, Abcoude, The Netherlands

    S. L. Visser

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Riemslag, F.C.C., Spekreijse, H. (1990). Electrodiagnosis by luminance and pattern stimulation. In: Colon, E.J., Visser, S.L. (eds) Evoked Potential Manual. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2059-0_4

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