title: Pattern electroretinograms in ocular hypertension.
abstract: The authors recorded pattern electroretinograms at different spatial frequencies in 16 patients affected with ocular hypertension. In 12 of these subjects the electroretinograms dropped in amplitude around 2 cycles/degree. The authors attributed this finding to ocular hypertension, hypothesizing ischemic damage at the head of the optic nerve with consequent fiber atrophy and degeneration of ganglion cells.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Oftalmologia dell'Universita degli studi di Napoli II Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ambrosio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arienzo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aurilia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colasanti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fusco
mesh_terms: D004596:Electroretinography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D012016:Reference Values