Early visual changes in diabetic patients with no retinopathy measured by color discrimination and electroretinography
Psychol. neurosci. (Impr.)
; 6(2): 227-234, jul.-dez. 2013. ilus, tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-699239
Biblioteca responsável:
BR85.1
ABSTRACT
Early visual changes caused by diabetes include color vision losses and an abnormal full-field electroretinogram. The purpose of this study was to evaluate color vision in type 2 diabetic patients with no clinically detectable retinopathy using an objective psychophysical color vision test, evaluate retinal function assessed by full-field electroretinography (ffERG), and verify the agreement among the changes detected by each of these tests. Color vision was tested and ffERG was performed in 34 diabetic patients (20 males; ages 56 ± 9 years). Results were compared with those obtained from age-matched control groups. Color discrimination losses occurred in all three color-confusion axes with a higher incidence on the protan axis. The full-field electroretinographic data indicated that inner retinal components (i.e., ffERG oscillatory potentials) were more affected than outer retinal components, indicating impairment of second- and third-order retinal neurons early in the disease. Previous studies reported tritan losses as a classic color vision defect in diabetes, but our results showed that all three color-confusion axes (i.e., protan, deutan, and tritan) are compromised, at least during the very early stages of the disease, reflecting a diffuse pattern of color vision loss. The full-field electroretinographic results that showed abnormalities of the inner retina support the color vision findings...
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Diabetes Mellitus
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Retinopatia Diabética
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Visão de Cores
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Psychol. neurosci. (Impr.)
Assunto da revista:
Neurologia
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Psicologia
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
Brasil
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Estados Unidos
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Roosevelt University/US
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Universidade de São Paulo/BR