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Dark adaptation of rod photoreceptors in normal subjects, and in patients with Stargardt disease and an ABCA4 mutation.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Jul 2004
Kang Derwent Jennifer J, Derlacki Deborah J, Hetling John R, Fishman Gerald A, Birch David G, Grover Sandeep, Stone Edwin M, Pepperberg David R
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PURPOSE: Psychophysical and electroretinographic (ERG) studies indicate that patients with Stargardt disease exhibit abnormally slow rod dark adaptation after illumination that bleaches a substantial fraction of rhodopsin. However, relatively little information is available concerning rod recovery in this disease after weaker adapting (i.e., conditioning) light. With the use of a paired-flash ERG method,...
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