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Eliot L. Berson, MD; Bernard Rosner, PhD; Michael A. Sandberg, PhD; K. C. Hayes, DVM, PhD; Britain W. Nicholson, MD; Carol Weigel-DiFranco; Walter Willett, MD
Boston, Mass

Arch Ophthalmol. 1993;111(11):1456-1458.

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We welcome the opportunity to address the comments of Drs Massof and Finkelstein¹ in their editorial that accompanies our article² in the June 1993 issue of the ARCHIVES.

The editorialists inaccurately state that our conclusion was based on a single aspect of the cone electroretinogram (ERG). In fact, our conclusion regarding the beneficial effect of vitamin A supplementation for retinitis pigmentosa (RP) was based on two objective tests of retinal function—the 30-Hz (flicker) ERG and the 0.5-Hz (single flash) ERG. The 30-Hz ERG provides a measure of cone function, and the 0.5-Hz ERG, a measure of cone and rod function in combination. We reported that patients receiving 15 000 IU/d of vitamin A had a significantly slower rate of decline of remaining ERG amplitude on average than those not receiving this supplement, not only for 30-Hz responses (P=.01) but also for 0.5-Hz responses (P=.04).

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