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IV. Electroretinogram in Cases of Retinal and Choroidal Hypertension and Arteriosclerosis

HAROLD E. HENKES, M.D.

AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1954;52(1):30-41.

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IN HIS MONOGRAPH Karpe¹ has indicated a possible alteration in the electroretinographic response in cases of hypertensive retinopathy. In one case, showing narrowing of the arteries with retinal exudates, he found a subnormal response, whereas in another, showing slight hypertensive vascular alterations, the ERG recorded was normal. The same results have been reported by Euzière, Passouant, and Cazaban,² who found a normal ERG in retinal sclerosis, but a pathologic ERG in more advanced stages. Regarding the ERG as a prognostic sign in cases of hypertensive retinopathy, these authors say:

Mais nous ne serions pas étonnés si ce mode d'examen permettait d'apporter un nouvel élément de prognostic dans le rétinopathie hypertensive.

Dollfus and Chavignac³ studied nine cases of hypertensive retinopathy. They state:

On est frappé de constater que l'ERG de ces malades ne présente pas d'altérations graves et qu'au contraire l'onde b est presque toujours d'une amplitude maximale . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

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