Infantile glaucoma: electrophysiology.
Thirty-eight children with congenital infantile glaucoma (hydrophthalmia) were examined using electrophysiological methods. In contrast with adult glaucoma, hydrophthalmia is characterized by early changes in the electro-retinogram and rise of the threshold of electrical phosphene, which points to serious pathological changes in the retinal optic nerve. In such cases surgical intervention is indicated.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004596:Electroretinography; D006801:Humans; D006871:Hydrophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007223:Infant; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology