| Literature DB >> 2244839 |
G Wu1, J J Weiter, S Santos, L Ginsburg, R Villalobos.
Abstract
We propose the macular photostress test for the evaluation of macular function in the office setting. Eighty eyes were tested and divided into four diagnostic categories: background diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, age-related macular degeneration, and normal. The recovery times for the eyes with age-related macular degeneration were longer than for eyes with macular edema (P = .03). Age-matched patients with age-related macular degeneration had longer recovery times than did those without age-related macular degeneration (P = .0001). A possible explanation is that the prolonged recovery time in the eyes with age-related macular degeneration reflects that the anatomic lesion is located in the retinal pigment epithelium-photoreceptor complex. In comparison, the eyes with macular edema, whose lesion is in the inner retina and not the retinal pigment epithelium, show a less-prolonged recovery time than the eyes with age-related macular degeneration.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID： 2244839 DOI： 10.1001/archopht.1990.01070130058030
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Ophthalmol ISSN： 0003-9950