Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2010

Seiten: 661-66+

Zeitschrift: Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde

Bandnummer: 158

Heftnummer: 7

ISSN: 0026-9298

eISSN: 1433-0474

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-009-2095-6

Verlag: Springer

Abstract: 
This paper summarizes current diagnostic and therapeutic methods for selected paediatric retinal diseases which already today or in the near future will have a significant impact on the prognosis. New aspects of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), hereditary global or central retinal dystrophies with childhood manifestation as well as retinal disorders associated with infantile nystagmus syndrome (INS) will be presented. Important diagnostic methods are full-field ERG, multifocal ERG (mfERG), fundus controlled perimetry, optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus autofluorescence (FAF) and wide-field digital imaging (WFDI). In addition to the clinical examination these methods allow gene directed molecular diagnostics. An exact classification is essential for precise counseling of the families as to prognosis and recurrence risk of the disease. Early stages of organic disorders can thus be safely differentiated from functional visual loss and primary pathologies of the optic nerve or central visual pathways.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Lorenz, B. (2010) Severe retinal diseases in childhood, Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde, 158(7), pp. 661-66+. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-009-2095-6

APA-Zitierstil: Lorenz, B. (2010). Severe retinal diseases in childhood. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde. 158(7), 661-66+. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-009-2095-6