dc.contributor.author | Mueller, AJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Berninger, TA | |
dc.contributor.author | Matuschke, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Klauss, V | |
dc.contributor.author | Goebel, FD | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-18T07:44:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-18T07:44:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1991 | |
dc.identifier.citation | [Electro-ophthalmologic studies in HIV patients]. Mueller AJ, Berninger TA, Matuschke A, Klauss V, Goebel FD. Fortschr Ophthalmol. 1991;88(6):712-5. German. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/1665470 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/35396 | |
dc.description.abstract | We examined 44 HIV-positive patients in different disease stages with electroretinogram (ERG), pattern-electroretinogram (PERG), and visually evoked cortical potentials (VECP). Sixty-eight of the 88 eyes examined had a normal fundus and full central vision. Twelve eyes showed cotton-wool ecudates and 8 eyes CMV retinitis. Fifty-four eyes with normal fundus were examined by ERG. Of these 28 (52%) showed marked reduction of the amplitude. In the PERG, 20 eyes out of 50 examined (40%) showed an amplitude reduction. In the VECP, 12 out of 65 eyes (19%) had a reduced amplitude. In the ERG, 7 of 11 eyes (64%) with cotton-wool exudates showed marked pathological findings, as opposed to 4 of 10 cases (40%) in the PERG and 3 of 12 (12%) in the VECP. Seventy-five percent of the eyes with CMV retinitis (6 of 8 cases) showed pathological findings in the ERG and VECP and 100% (all 7 cases examined) in the PERG. These electrophysiological findings suggest that there are diffuse disorders in the retina of HIV-positive patients. It is possible that these findings are based on direct infection of the retina with HIV, or that they represent a vascular disorder, subclinical infection or are related to side effects of the drugs used for the HIV infection. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Electro-ophthalmologic studies in HIV patients | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Universitäts-Augenklinik, München, Bundesrepublik Deutschland. | en |