Comparison of new psychophysics and perimetry with electrophysiological techniques in the diagnosis of glaucoma.
Many accounts show that the pattern electroretinogram is a sensitive index of glaucomatous visual damage, and can demonstrate losses before field defects are apparent.  If the pattern electroretinogram is not specific, and although it is likely to have a role in patient management, it is not a screening technique.  Many psychophysical tests, particularly of titan color vision, appear to be promising in this regard.
Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England.
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D003118:Color Perception; D004596:Electroretinography / Q000379:methods*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011601:Psychophysics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D058609:Visual Field Tests / Q000379:methods*