TY - JOUR
TI - Dark Adaptation in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma, Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma and Childhood Glaucoma
AU - Panos, G.D.
AU - Moschos, M.M.
AU - Kozeis, N.
AU - Deshmukh, R.R.
AU - Mansouri, K.
AU - Shaarawy, T.
AU - Gatzioufas, Z.
JO - Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde
PY - 2017
VL - 234
TODO - 4
SP - 464-467
PB - Georg Thieme Verlag
SN - null
TODO - 10.1055/s-0042-119562
TODO - 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
TODO - 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.
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