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Acquired colour vision defects are directly related to the fixation mode: blue-yellow defects in foveolar fixation, blue-yellow or red-green defects in eccentric fixation. The primary localization of a disease can be retraced from the degree of cone damage. Optic nerve diseases essentially lack signs of cone damage.
Processes at the level of the choriocapillaris/retinal pigment epithelium induce a non-selective receptor impairment. There are minor signs of cone damage. In cone dystrophies there is selective cone damage. Scotopization indicates a relatively well-preserved rod function.
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Pinckers, A., Marré, M. Basic phenomena in acquired colour vision deficiency. Doc Ophthalmol 55, 251–271 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00140812
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