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Flasher

MedGen UID:
312607
Concept ID:
C1705500
Sign or Symptom
Synonym: Photopsia

Definition

The perception of sudden or brief bursts (flashes) of light. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFlasher

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Långström N
Arch Sex Behav 2010 Apr;39(2):317-24. doi: 10.1007/s10508-009-9577-4. PMID: 19924524
Blair CD, Lanyon RI
Psychol Bull 1981 May;89(3):439-63. PMID: 7255626
Brandon S
Br Med J 1975 Jul 19;3(5976):149-51. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5976.149. PMID: 1139263Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Wilson CM, Arena SK, Deel C, Flasher E, Romolino N, Morris E, Boright LE
Home Healthc Now 2022 Mar-Apr 01;40(2):100-107. doi: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000001055. PMID: 35245265
Bai G, Jiang JX, Flasher R
JAMA Intern Med 2017 Jun 1;177(6):878-880. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0336. PMID: 28384777Free PMC Article
Flasher J
Adolescence 1974 Winter;9(36):593-602. PMID: 4458417

Diagnosis

Düzgüneş N, Simões S, Slepushkin V, Pretzer E, Flasher D, Salem II, Steffan G, Konopka K, Pedroso de Lima MC
Methods Enzymol 2005;391:351-73. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(05)91020-3. PMID: 15721391
Salem II, Flasher DL, Düzgüneş N
Methods Enzymol 2005;391:261-91. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(05)91015-X. PMID: 15721386
Düzgüneş N, Pretzer E, Simões S, Slepushkin V, Konopka K, Flasher D, de Lima MC
Mol Membr Biol 1999 Jan-Mar;16(1):111-8. doi: 10.1080/096876899294832. PMID: 10332745
Carlan SJ, Knuppel RA, Perez J, Flasher J
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1990 Jul;29(7):378-81. doi: 10.1177/000992289002900703. PMID: 2142899

Therapy

Düzgüneş N, Simões S, Slepushkin V, Pretzer E, Flasher D, Salem II, Steffan G, Konopka K, Pedroso de Lima MC
Methods Enzymol 2005;391:351-73. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(05)91020-3. PMID: 15721391
Salem II, Flasher DL, Düzgüneş N
Methods Enzymol 2005;391:261-91. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(05)91015-X. PMID: 15721386
Düzgüneş N, Pretzer E, Simões S, Slepushkin V, Konopka K, Flasher D, de Lima MC
Mol Membr Biol 1999 Jan-Mar;16(1):111-8. doi: 10.1080/096876899294832. PMID: 10332745
Majumdar S, Flasher D, Friend DS, Nassos P, Yajko D, Hadley WK, Düzgüneş N
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1992 Dec;36(12):2808-15. doi: 10.1128/AAC.36.12.2808. PMID: 1482150Free PMC Article
Norman JE, Turner RC, Flasher H
Br Med J 1968 Mar 16;1(5593):706. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5593.706-a. PMID: 5640662Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Pedroso de Lima MC, Nir S, Flasher D, Klappe K, Hoekstra D, Düzgüneş N
Biochim Biophys Acta 1991 Dec 9;1070(2):446-54. doi: 10.1016/0005-2736(91)90085-m. PMID: 1662538

Clinical prediction guides

Katz RC, Flasher L, Cacciapaglia H, Nelson S
J Behav Med 2001 Dec;24(6):561-71. doi: 10.1023/a:1012939310459. PMID: 11778350
Meeker F, Fox D, Weber C
Accid Anal Prev 1997 Jan;29(1):11-6. doi: 10.1016/s0001-4575(96)00055-3. PMID: 9110035
Pedroso de Lima MC, Nir S, Flasher D, Klappe K, Hoekstra D, Düzgüneş N
Biochim Biophys Acta 1991 Dec 9;1070(2):446-54. doi: 10.1016/0005-2736(91)90085-m. PMID: 1662538

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