Preservation of Macular Oscillatory Potentials in Eyes of Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa and Normal Visual Acuity

2007 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 3312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuteru Ikenoya ◽  
Mineo Kondo ◽  
Chang-Hua Piao ◽  
Shu Kachi ◽  
Yozo Miyake ◽  
...  
2004 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 4119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony G. Robson ◽  
Catherine A. Egan ◽  
Vy A. Luong ◽  
Alan C. Bird ◽  
Graham E. Holder ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (5) ◽  
pp. e636-e642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiji Takagi ◽  
Yasuhiko Hirami ◽  
Masayo Takahashi ◽  
Masashi Fujihara ◽  
Michiko Mandai ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 3544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony G. Robson ◽  
Ahmed El-Amir ◽  
Claire Bailey ◽  
Catherine A. Egan ◽  
Frederick W. Fitzke ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 2374
Author(s):  
Laura Kuehlewein ◽  
Ditta Zobor ◽  
Katarina Stingl ◽  
Melanie Kempf ◽  
Fadi Nasser ◽  
...  

In this retrospective, longitudinal, observational cohort study, we investigated the phenotypic and genotypic features of retinitis pigmentosa associated with variants in the PDE6B gene. Patients underwent clinical examination and genetic testing at a single tertiary referral center, including best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), kinetic visual field (VF), full-field electroretinography, full-field stimulus threshold, spectral domain optical coherence tomography, and fundus autofluorescence imaging. The genetic testing comprised candidate gene sequencing, inherited retinal disease gene panel sequencing, whole-genome sequencing, and testing for familial variants by Sanger sequencing. Twenty-four patients with mutations in PDE6B from 21 families were included in the study (mean age at the first visit: 32.1 ± 13.5 years). The majority of variants were putative splicing defects (8/23) and missense (7/23) mutations. Seventy-nine percent (38/48) of eyes had no visual acuity impairment at the first visit. Visual acuity impairment was mild in 4% (2/48), moderate in 13% (6/48), and severe in 4% (2/48). BCVA was symmetrical in the right and left eyes. The kinetic VF measurements were highly symmetrical in the right and left eyes, as was the horizontal ellipsoid zone (EZ) width. Regarding the genetic findings, 43% of the PDE6B variants found in our patients were novel. Thus, this study contributed substantially to the PDE6B mutation spectrum. The visual acuity impairment was mild in 83% of eyes, providing a window of opportunity for investigational new drugs. The EZ width was reduced in all patients and was highly symmetric between the eyes, making it a promising outcome measure. We expect these findings to have implications on the design of future PDE6B-related retinitis pigmentosa (RP) clinical trials.


1902 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 567-567
Author(s):  
V. F. Velyamovich

As for the current Russian laws on anomalies in the organs of vision that allow or restrict the ability to perform military service, hyperopia, for which the law does not specify a predetermined degree, is completely ignored, compatible with the requirements of military service. Any hyperopia, no matter how high its degree of abnormal refraction, is recognised as extremely suitable for military service, unless it has a normal visual acuity without glasses.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte C Kruijt ◽  
Nicoline E Schalij-Delfos ◽  
Gerard C de Wit ◽  
Ralph F Florijn ◽  
Maria M van Genderen

Abstract Purpose: To describe the phenotype of Dutch patients with oculocutaneous albinism type 4 (OCA4).Patients and Methods: We collected data on pigmentation (skin, hair, and eyes), visual acuity (VA), nystagmus, foveal hypoplasia, chiasmal misrouting, and molecular analyses of nine Dutch OCA4 patients from the Bartiméus Diagnostic Center for complex visual disorders.Results: All patients had severely reduced pigmentation of skin, hair, and eyes with iris transillumination over 360 degrees. Three unrelated OCA4 patients had normal VA, no nystagmus, no foveal hypoplasia, and no misrouting of the visual pathways. Six patients had poor visual acuity (0.6 to 1.0 logMAR), nystagmus, severe foveal hypoplasia and misrouting. We found two novel mutations in the SLC45A2 gene, c.310C>T; p.(Pro104Ser), and c.1368+3_1368+9del p.(?).Discussion: OCA4 patients of this Dutch cohort all had hypopigmentation of skin, hair, and iris translucency. However, patients were either severely affected with regard to visual acuity, foveal hypoplasia, and misrouting, or visually not affected at all. We describe for the first time OCA4 patients with an evident lack of pigmentation, but normal visual acuity, normal foveal development and absence of misrouting. This implies that absence of melanin does not invariably lead to foveal hypoplasia and abnormal routing of the visual pathways.


1978 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ake Bjork ◽  
C.-G. Laureix ◽  
Ulla Laurell

2006 ◽  
Vol 244 (9) ◽  
pp. 1178-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. D. Verbraak ◽  
R. O. Schlingemann ◽  
M. D. de Smet ◽  
J. E. E. Keunen

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