Journal article
Authors list: Lorenz, B.
Publication year: 2010
Pages: 661-66+
Journal: Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde
Volume number: 158
Issue number: 7
ISSN: 0026-9298
eISSN: 1433-0474
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-009-2095-6
Publisher: 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.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: 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 Citation style: Lorenz, B. (2010). Severe retinal diseases in childhood. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde. 158(7), 661-66+. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-009-2095-6
Keywords
BEVACIZUMAB; DYSTROPHY; electrophysiology; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH-FACTOR; FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE; Infantile nystagmus; PREMATURITY; RELIABILITY; Retinal dystrophies; Retinal imaging; RETINOPATHY; Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
