Exposure times for colour discrimination in the parafoveal field: a new procedure to detect subtle visual dysfunction in multiple sclerosis patients.
A new procedure to test colour discrimination in the parafoveal field is described. This method was used on 25 healthy controls and 25 subjects having a definite clinical or laboratory-supported diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, with or without a previous history of optic neuritis. The test proved to be sensitive in detecting visual dysfunction even in some patients in whom the standard technique of pattern-reversal evoked potential recordings yielded a normal result.
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D000328:Adult; D003119:Color Perception Tests; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000150:complications*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012684:Sensory Thresholds