title: A follow-up study of the EOG lightrise in ischaemic retinopathy.
abstract: In 15 patients suffering from unilateral ischaemic retinopathy (occlusion of the central retinal artery) the EOG lightrise was studied. In all cases except one, a subnormal or absent EOG lightrise was found in the affected eye, if at least the recording was started within 2 weeks from the onset of complaints. In 8 patients the EOG lightrise was followed over an extended period of time, the longest period of control being 11 months. The EOG lightrise of the affected eyes showed a general tendency to recover, notwithstanding permanent loss of vision in most of the cases. The fellow eye in 6 patients showed initially a subnormal EOG lightrise too. The role of the choroidal circulation on the behaviour of the EOG lightrise is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D004585:Electrooculography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012171:Retinal Vessels