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The pattern evoked electroretinogram associated with elevated intraocular pressure

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Electroretinographic responses to pattern-reversal stimuli (P-ERG) were recorded in eight patients with protracted elevation of intraocular pressure. Pressures of bigger than 30 mm Hg result in marked amplitude reductions in the P-ERG. The observed changes probably reflect the impaired function of retinal ganglion cells caused by decreased oxygen supply.

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research, W.G. Kerckhoff-Institute, D-6350, Bad Nauheim, Germany

    N. Papst, M. Bopp & O. E. Schnaudigel

  2. Eye Clinic of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, D-6000, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

    N. Papst, M. Bopp & O. E. Schnaudigel

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Papst, N., Bopp, M. & Schnaudigel, O.E. The pattern evoked electroretinogram associated with elevated intraocular pressure. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 222, 34–37 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02133775

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