title: Electroretinography in congenital idiopathic nystagmus.
abstract: Ganzfeld electroretinograms were recorded from 105 consecutive patients clinically believed to have congenital idiopathic nystagmus. Retinal disease causing congenital nystagmus was diagnosed in 59 patients (56%). Electroretinographic evaluation of children with nystagmus and apparently normal eyes has both diagnostic and prognostic value. In patients with congenital nystagmus with a normal ocular examination, a diagnosis of congenital idiopathic nystagmus cannot be inferred without electroretinographic evidence of normal retinal function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Cibis
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004596:Electroretinography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000151:congenital* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis