VISUAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES .1. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC IMPAIRMENTS

被引:5
作者
AMBROSIO, G
DEMARCO, R
LOFFREDO, L
MAGLI, A
机构
[1] Istituto di Oftalmologia, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, 80131
关键词
PEO; PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA;
D O I
10.1007/BF01203374
中图分类号
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号
100212 ;
摘要
Seventeen patients with biopsy-confirmed mitochondrial progressive external ophthalmoplegia underwent electroretinography and visual evoked potential testing to checkerboard-reversal stimuli to investigate subclinical visual dysfunction. Seven patients (41%) had impaired Snellen visual acuity that ws never less than 0.6. Thirteen patients (76%) showed electroretinographic and/or visual evoked potential alterations, whereas six (35%) showed impairment on both tests. Two patients showed delayed VEP P100 latency without fundus, electroretinographic or visual acuity anomalies. Visual dysfunctions were not related to age at onset and course of the disease.
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