Abstract
The results from literature concerning some aspects of retinal function in macular degenerations (MDs) were reviewed in order to evaluate whether (a) specific patterns of retinal dysfunction may be linked to different clinical phenotypes, and (b) distinct functional profiles may help in orienting molecular diagnosis of diseases. Examined clinical phenotypes included: Stargardt disease/fundus flavimaculatus (St/FF), age-related maculopathy (ARM) and macular degeneration (AMD), pattern dystrophies (PD), Best vitelliform dystrophy (BVD), Sorsby's fundus dystrophy (SFD), autosomal cone-rod dystrophies (CRD). The following functional tests were evaluated: (1) electroretinogram (ERG) (scotopic and photopic according to ISCEV standards, rod and cone photoresponses, rod and cone b-wave intensity-response function, focal ERGs); (2) dark adaptometry (pre-bleach sensitivity and post-bleach recovery kinetics); (3) fundus reflectometry (pigment density and regeneration kinetics). Specific patterns of retinal dysfunction were identified for St/FF, ARM/AMD, SFD and BVD, whereas partially overlapping profiles were found for PD and CRD. Specific functional patterns were associated with different peripherin/RDS gene mutations, as well as with CRX mutations. Combined analysis of different retinal function tests may help to identify different phenotypes of MD, and to orient molecular diagnosis for selected genotypes.
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