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The ISCEV Standard for Clinical Electrophysiology indicates that the ERG standard flash should be defined within a very narrow range of intensities. Yet no information is provided as to how this intensity range was identified. We present evidence that would support a redefinition of the SF based on known photopic ERG properties.
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Lachapelle, P., Rufiange, M. & Dembinska, O. A physiological basis for definition of the ISCEV ERG standard flash (SF) based on the photopic hill. Doc Ophthalmol 102, 157–162 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017505616163
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