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Transretinal ERG Recordings from Mouse Retina: Rod and Cone Photoresponses
Published on: March 14, 2012
[Long-term observation over ten years of four cases of cone dystrophy with supernormal rod electroretinogram]
Natsuko Nakamura1, Kazushige Tsunoda, Kaoru Fujinami
1National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, 2-5-1 Higashigaoka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8902, Japan.
Background:
'Cone dystrophy with a supernormal rod electroretinogram (ERG)' is rare form of cone dystrophy, and no longitudinal description of the disease course has been reported in a Japanese population. Here, we describe long-term courses of 10 to 15 years in four Japanese patients with mutations in the KCNV2 gene.
Cases:
Four patients from three families were recruited. Two were siblings (Case 1, 24 y/o women; Case 2, 17 y/o man), and two were sporadic cases (Case 3, 17 y/o women; Case 4, 21 y/o women). All the patients presented with characteristic ERG findings. There were minimal abnormalities in fundus appearance: slight mottling of retinal pigment epithelium in the macula in all four cases, and granular change in the macula in Case 4. The visual acuity in Cases 1 and 2 did not change during the follow-up period, but the acuity in Cases 3 and 4 gradually decreased. Photoreceptor abnormalities in optical coherence tomography were found in all the cases, but were more severe in Cases 3 and 4.
Conclusion:
The long-term courses in Japanese patients were variable. The OCT was helpful in evaluating the disease progression.
