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INFANTILE GLAUCOMA: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Author(s) -
KHVATOVA A. V.,
KOVALCHUK N. A.,
BOGOSLOVSKY A. I.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1979.tb00511.x
Subject(s) - phosphene , glaucoma , medicine , optic nerve , electrophysiology , ophthalmology , retinal , pathological , pathology , stimulation , transcranial magnetic stimulation
Thirty‐eight children with congenital infantile glaucoma (hydrophthalmia) were examined using electrophysiological methods. In contrast with adult glaucoma, hydrophthalmia is characterized by early changes in the electro‐retinogram and rise of the threshold of electrical phosphene, which points to serious pathological changes in the retinal optic nerve. In such cases surgical intervention is indicated.