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Br J Ophthalmol 89:1188-1191 doi:10.1136/bjo.2004.062794
  • Clinical science
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Retinal tolerance to dyes

Table 1

 Persistance of ERG effects after dye application

Time (seconds) Indocyanine green 0.05% Trypan blue 0.15% Patent blue 0.48%
PBR (SD) (%) p Value PBR (SD) (%) p Value PBR (SD) (%) p Value
PBR, persistent b-wave reduction after 115 minutes of reperfusion with the standard medium; SD, standard deviation. Statistical significance (t test) for differences between test (dye/time) series and control.
10 −7.7 (22.0) 0.53 −3.7 (4.2) 0.18 −6.7 (7.8) 0.18
15 −2.1 (17.2) 0.82 22.3 (9.6) 0.01 5.0 (15.2) 0.56
30 −2.5 (5.0) 0.39 40.6 (13.0) 0.001 −1.4 (8.0) 0.74
60 48.2 (14.1) 0.01 67.4 (13.7) 0.001 5.0 (6.2) 0.2
120 93.7 (12.5) 0.001 97.1 (6.4) 0.001 21.9 (22.1) 0.14

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