title: Visual field versus visual evoked potentials in maculopathies and optic neuropathies.
abstract: Both kinetic and static visual fields and visual evoked potential (VEP) were tested in 52 patients with maculopathies and in 29 patients with axial optic neuropathies. The results of central static quantitative perimetry and pattern reversal VEP were compared. The amplitude and latency of P100 were correlated with the total loss of central visual threshold in maculopathies. While the P100 latency was not correlated with the total loss of the central visual threshold in neuropathies, their latency delay was more obvious than that in maculopathies. We arrived at the conclusion that both VEP and visual field are necessary for assessing function loss and reflecting different pathological mechanisms in macular and optic nerve diseases.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: L Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002648:Child; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields