@article{3126275,
    title = "Dark Adaptation in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma, Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma and Childhood Glaucoma",
    author = "Panos, G.D. and Moschos, M.M. and Kozeis, N. and Deshmukh, R.R. and Mansouri, K. and Shaarawy, T. and Gatzioufas, Z.",
    journal = "Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde",
    year = "2017",
    volume = "234",
    number = "4",
    pages = "464-467",
    publisher = "Georg Thieme Verlag",
    doi = "10.1055/s-0042-119562",
    keywords = "adult;  analysis of variance;  Article;  child;  childhood glaucoma;  dark adaptation;  flow measurement;  glaucoma;  human;  major clinical study;  middle aged;  open angle glaucoma;  perfusion;  pseudoexfoliation glaucoma;  retina cone;  retina rod;  retinal tomography;  scanning laser retinal flowmetry;  school child;  tomography;  complication;  female;  male;  open angle glaucoma;  pathophysiology;  perimetry;  pseudoexfoliation;  visual acuity;  visual disorder;  visual field, Dark Adaptation;  Exfoliation Syndrome;  Female;  Glaucoma, Open-Angle;  Humans;  Male;  Middle Aged;  Vision Disorders;  Visual Acuity;  Visual Field Tests;  Visual Fields",
    abstract = "Purpose To investigate the state of dark adaptation and macular blood flow in different forms of glaucoma. Methods Eighteen eyes of 18 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma, 14 eyes of 14 patients with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, and 10 eyes of 10 patients with childhood glaucoma (CG) were examined by means of dark adaptometry, scanning-laser retinal flowmetry, and retinal tomography. Results All glaucomatous eyes had comparable optic disc excavation (one-way ANOVA, p = 0.138). Eyes with CG had significantly lower best-corrected visual acuity than the other groups (Tukey, all p <0.0001). Macular perfusion was comparable in all three groups (one – way ANOVA, p = 0.08). The delay in rod-cone break time in the CG group was significantly higher than in the other groups (Tukey, all p <0.0001). The scotopic sensitivity threshold in the CG group was significantly greater than in the other groups (Tukey, all p <0.01). Conclusion This underlying dysfunction of dark adaptation may contribute, at least to some extent, to the decreased visual perception observed in patients with CG. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York."
}