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Br J Ophthalmol 1999;83:878 doi:10.1136/bjo.83.7.878b
  • Letter to the Editor

Multifocal electroretinography in patients with occult macular dystrophy

  1. S FUJII,
  2. M F T ESCAÑO,
  3. K ISHIBASHI,
  4. H MATSUO,
  5. M YAMAMOTO
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe University, School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
  1. Shigeki Fujii, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe University, School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650, Japan.
  • Accepted 22 January 1999

Editor,—Occult macular dystrophy (OMD), idiopathic photoreceptor dysfunction, or central cone dystrophy is an unusual form of macular dystrophy where a progressive decline of visual acuity occurs with an essentially normal fundus and normal fluorescein angiography (FA) findings.1-3 The topography of the electroretinographic responses in the central visual field in three patients with OMD was examined by means of the multifocal electroretinogram (m-ERG).4 5 To evaluate the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the choroidal circulation in OMD, indocyanine green …

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