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Pattern visual evoked potentials in cases of ambiguous acuity loss

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Abstract

Thirty patients were referred to our visual evoked potential laboratory with complaints of profound acuity loss in one or both eyes. However, the objective ophthalmologic findings were normal, including pupillary reaction, and anterior segment and fundus examinations. Transient visual evoked potentials to a 2.3-c/deg sinusoidal grating pattern were found to be present in 26 of these 30 patients. Visual evoked potentials may be used as a measure of afferent pathway integrity.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1855 West Taylor Street, 60612, Chicago, Ill., USA

    Phyllis Bobak & James Goodwin

  2. College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

    Priti Khanna

  3. Department of Neurology, Loyola University, Maywood, Ill., USA

    Mitchell Brigell

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Bobak, P., Khanna, P., Goodwin, J. et al. Pattern visual evoked potentials in cases of ambiguous acuity loss. Doc Ophthalmol 85, 185–192 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01371133

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