title: [Differential diagnosis of amblyopia and retrobulbar neuritis with electroophthalmologic methods].
abstract: The electroretinogram (ERG), the brightness visual evoked cortical potential (H-EP) and the pattern reversal visual evoked cortical potential (M-EP) were recorded from 7 patients with amblyopia and 5 patients with neuritis retrobulbaris. The ERGs and the H-EPs of the amblyopic eyes were normal whereas the amplitude of the M-EP was significant diminished. The parameters of the ERG recorded from the patients with neuritis retrobulbaris showed normal values, however the H-EPs were significantly decreased and the peaktimes were delayed. Also a decrease in the amplitudes of the M-EPs was noticed. This method is a usefull clinical contribution in the differential diagnosis between amblyopia and neuritis retrobulbaris.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000550:Amblyopia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004596:Electroretinography; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Differentialdiagnose der Amblyopie und der retrobulbären Neuritis durch elektroophthalmologische Methoden.