RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina: 15 Japanese patients.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 612
OP 614
DO 10.1136/bjo.70.8.612
VO 70
IS 8
A1 S Hayasaka
A1 T Shiono
A1 K Mizuno
A1 C Sasayama
A1 S Akiya
A1 Y Tanaka
A1 M Hayakawa
A1 Y Miyake
A1 N Ohba
YR 1986
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/70/8/612.abstract
AB We examined 15 Japanese patients who had gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina with hyperornithinaemia. Their visual acuities fell to 0.2 or worse in the second or third decade of life. Myopia developed late in the first decade, and the refractions decreased to -10 or -15 dioptres at age 20. Tunnel vision developed at approximately age 20. Our results suggested that the visual functions of Japanese patients were worse in the third decade or later than similarly affected Finnish patients.