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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Vol 34, 3045-3055, Copyright © 1993 by Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

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S-cone function in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

WH Swanson, DG Birch and JL Anderson
Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX 75231-3303.

PURPOSE. To determine whether short-wavelength-sensitive (S-) cones are more severely damaged in patients with retinitis pigmentosa than long- wavelength-sensitive (L-) and middle-wavelength-sensitive (M-) cones. To determine whether there are differences in the amount of S-cone damage in patients with dominant versus nondominant inheritance patterns. To accomplish these goals with methods that provide information not furnished by previous studies with two-color increment thresholds. METHODS. Acuity mediated by the S-cones was measured in 56 patients with retinitis pigmentosa, and the electroretinogram (ERG) generated by the S-cones was measured in 11 of these patients. Mixed L- and M-cone acuity, mixed L- and M-cone ERGs, and clinical full-field rod and cone ERGs were obtained for all patients. Data for both dominant and nondominant patient groups were compared with data from age-matched normal subjects. RESULTS. Only the nondominant group had reduced S-cone acuity, and 43% of patients in this group had selective reduction of S-cone acuity. In this particular sample the dominant and nondominant groups were comparable in clinical full-field ERG parameters and mixed L- and M-cone acuity, so the difference in S-cone acuities is not due to the dominant group having less advanced retinal degeneration. All 11 patients tested had reduced S-cone ERGs, 6 with significantly greater loss in the S-cone ERG than in the mixed L- and M- cone ERG. CONCLUSIONS. These data provide evidence that retinitis pigmentosa can produce greater loss of S-cones than L- and M-cones, and that this selective loss is primarily seen in patients with nondominant forms of retinitis pigmentosa.


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