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3068603

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
The study was designed to ascertain the relationship between visual loss in the central 30 degrees of vision and the density of the relative afferent pupillary defect (APD). The APD of 26 patients was quantified using a neutral log density filter. The mean threshold light sensitivity on Humphrey automated perimetry (Program 30-1) of one eye was substracted from the fellow eye total to yield the interocular visual field difference (VFD). A direct correlation was noted such that the log density of the APD increased linearly with an increase in VFD (r = 0.69, P = 0.0001). In the absence of ptosis or ocular media opacification, a VFD greater than 8.7 that is not associated with an APD is suggestive of functional visual loss. Four patients had an APD despite normal static automated perimetry, indicating that an APD may be one of the earliest signs of retinal ganglion cell or axonal dysfunction.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0161-6420
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1649-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Correlation of afferent pupillary defect with visual field loss on automated perimetry.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review