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  • Title: Foveal densitometry in retinitis pigmentosa.
    Author: van Meel GJ, van Norren D.
    Journal: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci; 1983 Aug; 24(8):1123-30. PubMed ID: 6874276.
    Abstract:
    Cone density and psychophysical thresholds were investigated in patients with retinitis pigmentosa. Our aim was to assess possible disturbances of foveal cones, especially in patients with good visual acuity. Using the continuously recording densitometer described by van Norren and van der Kraats, we examined ten patients (19 eyes). With the same apparatus it was possible to determine cone final threshold. In all patients double density values were lower than in an age-matched and sex-matched control group of an equal number, and the half time of regeneration was increased in eight eyes. In 12 eyes of eight patients the foveal final threshold was raised above normal. Pseudoprotanomaly was found in seven eyes in four males. Possible explanations for these findings are discussed. Since reduced double density was found in all patients with retinitis pigmentosa, we conclude that disturbed foveal cones are probably a common and rather early feature in this disease.
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