研究目的
To assess clinical characteristics, foveal structure, mutation spectrum, and prevalence rate of ?Aland eye disease (AED)/incomplete congenital stationary night blindness (iCSNB).
研究成果
Our data support the viewpoint that AED, iCSNB, and X-linked cone–rod dystrophy 3 are designations that refer to a broad, continuous spectrum of clinical appearances caused in the majority by a variety of mutations in CACNA1F. We argue that the original designation AED should be used for this entity.
研究不足
Axial length measurements were not available, which may affect OCT measurements made laterally. The exact magnitude of the difference in foveal pit dimensions may be more or less due to individual differences in axial length.
1:Experimental Design and Method Selection
A retrospective survey included individuals diagnosed with AED at a national low-vision center from 1980 to 2014. A subset of affected males underwent ophthalmologic examinations including psychophysical tests, full-?eld electroretinography, and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.
2:Sample Selection and Data Sources
74 individuals from 35 families diagnosed with AED. Sixty individuals from 29 families participated in a follow-up study.
3:List of Experimental Equipment and Materials
Spectral-domain OCT (SD-OCT) instruments (Spectralis SD-OCT, Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany; Cirrus SD-OCT, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Humphrey Division, Dublin, CA, USA), full-?eld electroretinography (ffERG), Goldmann-Weekers dark adaptometry.
4:Experimental Procedures and Operational Workflow
Assessment of refraction, best-corrected visual acuity, biomicroscopy with fundus examination, motility, Goldman manual kinetic perimetry, color vision testing, dark adaptometry, color fundus photography, and ffERG according to the standard protocol of the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision.
5:Data Analysis Methods
Qualitative assessment of SD-OCT scans for foveal hypoplasia, measurement of foveal pit volume, measurement of the length of the photoreceptor outer segments at the fovea, and measurement of the subfoveal choroidal thickness.
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