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Open Access 01-04-2020 | ISCEV Standards

ISCEV extended protocol for the S-cone ERG

Authors: Ido Perlman, Mineo Kondo, Enid Chelva, Anthony G. Robson, Graham E. Holder

Published in: Documenta Ophthalmologica | Issue 2/2020

Abstract

The International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV) standard for full-field electroretinography (ERG) describes a minimum procedure for testing generalized retinal function but encourages more extensive testing. This extended protocol describes a method of assessing the function of the short-wavelength-sensitive cone (S-cone) retinal pathway, using a short-wavelength flash superimposed on a background that saturates the rods and adapts the L/M-cones to elicit a response, known as the S-cone ERG. Stimulus parameters such as the strength and luminance of the flash and background, respectively, and their spectral and temporal characteristics are specified. As a complement to the ISCEV standard, testing the S-cone ERG enables further characterization of light-adapted retinal function and may refine diagnosis of some retinal disorders. Typical applications are described including use in the diagnosis of rod monochromacy and S-cone monochromacy, identification and investigation of cone On-bipolar cell dysfunction and use of the technique to confirm the diagnosis of enhanced S-cone syndrome.

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Title: ISCEV extended protocol for the S-cone ERG
Authors: Ido Perlman
Mineo Kondo
Enid Chelva
Anthony G. Robson
Graham E. Holder
Publication date: 01-04-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Documenta Ophthalmologica / Issue 2/2020
Print ISSN: 0012-4486
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2622
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10633-019-09730-6

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