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Pattern electroretinogram and visually evoked cortical potentials in glaucoma

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Electroretinograms (P-ERG) and cortical potentials (P-VECP) evoked by checkerboard patterns were examined in patients with defects of the ganglion cell and nerve fiber layers due to glaucoma. Only a few patients exhibited a prolonged latency in the P-VECP, whereas in the P-ERG all patients with papillary and visual field defects revealed a significantly attenuated amplitude. Since there is a substantial fluctuation in the assessment of papillary excavation and visual field, the P-ERG offers a further means of evaluating and follow-up of retinal function in glaucoma patients.

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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. Pattern electroretinogram and visually evoked cortical potentials in glaucoma. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 222, 29–33 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02133774

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