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ArticleDocumenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology2023

ISCEV standard pattern reversal VEP development: paediatric reference limits from 649 healthy subjects.

Dorothy A Thompson, Eszter Mikó-Baráth, Sharon E Hardy, Gábor Jandó, Martin Shaw, Ruth Hamilton

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Article in Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The diagnostic value of multichannel VEPs for children without nystagmus.Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Dorothy A ThompsonThe Tony Kriss Visual Electrophysiology Unit, Clinical and Academic, Department of Ophthalmology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK. dorothy.thompson@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5491-3911
Eszter Mikó-BaráthInstitute of Physiology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7910-3093
Sharon E HardyUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Gábor JandóInstitute of Physiology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3809-890X
Martin ShawDepartment of Clinical Physics and Bioengineering, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK.
Ruth HamiltonDepartment of Clinical Physics and Bioengineering, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0855-9533
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde · GBUniversity of Pecs · HUGreat Ormond Street Hospital · GBUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

Chief Scientist Office K/RED/4/C279Department of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo establish the extent of agreement for ISCEV standard reference pattern reversal VEPs (prVEPs) acquired at three European centres, to determine any effect of sex, and to establish reference intervals from birth to adolescence.

methodsPrVEPs were recorded from healthy reference infants and children, aged 2 weeks to 16 years, from three centres using closely matched but non-identical protocols. Amplitudes and peak times were modelled with orthogonal quadratic and sigmoidal curves, respectively, and two-sided limits, 2.5th and 97.5th centiles, estimated using nonlinear quantile Bayesian regression. Data were compared by centre and by sex using median quantile confidence intervals. The 'critical age', i.e. age at which P100 peak time ceased to shorten, was calculated.

resultsData from the three centres were adequately comparable. Sex differences were not clinically meaningful. The pooled data showed rapid drops in P100 peak time which stabilised by 27 and by 34 weeks for large and small check widths, respectively. Post-critical-age reference limits were 87-115 ms and 96-131 ms for large and small check widths, respectively. Amplitudes varied markedly and reference limits for all ages were 5-57 μV and 3.5-56 μV for large and small check widths, respectively.

conclusionsPrVEP reference data could be combined despite some methodology differences within the tolerances of the ISCEV VEP Standard, supporting the clinical benefit of ISCEV Standards. Comparison with historical data is hampered by lack of minimum reporting guidelines. The reference data presented here could be validated or transformed for use elsewhere.

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ElectroretinographyEvoked Potentials, VisualAdolescentBayes TheoremChildFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansInfantMaleBrain developmentHumanMaturationNeural developmentNormative dataReference data

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