title: Negative electroretinograms in pericentral pigmentary retinal degeneration.
abstract: The clinical presentation and electrophysiological findings are described of three consecutive cases with pericentral pigmentary retinal degeneration. The responses to bright flashes after dark adaptation showed negative waveform shape in all cases. Rod responses were strongly reduced compared with cone responses. Cone electroretinograms elicited by long-duration stimuli showed greater loss of the on-response than the off-response. The ratio of the on-response amplitude to off-response amplitude of these patients (0.52 +/- 0.12; mean +/- SD, n = 6) was significantly smaller than that of normal subject (0.83 +/- 0.21; mean +/- SD, n = 8) (Mann-Whitney U-test, P < 0.01). The electrophysiological findings of these cases suggest a greater defect of inner retinal function, especially in transmission between photoreceptors and depolarizing bipolar cells.
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hotta
authors.forename: Mineo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hotta
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terasaki
authors.forename: Yozo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hida
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004596:Electroretinography; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012160:Retina / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012607:Scotoma / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields