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ERGs in female carriers of incomplete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness (I-CSNB) A family report

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ERG findings in five sisters are reported. By pedigree analysis, four of the five must be obligate carriers for I-CSNB since their sons were affected (impaired night vision, reduced visual acuity, variable ametropia, congenital nystagmus and ERG with both scotopic and photopic b-wave reduced amplitude). The fifth was childless at the time of examination and her ERG analysis was normal. Three of the four obligate carriers showed significant reduction in the sum of the OPs amplitude as previously reported as being an electrophysiological signs in female carriers: two without alteration in other ERG components and the third with association with a flicker ERG amplitude significantly increased. The fourth female carrier showed a normal sum of the OPs amplitude whereas the other b-wave ERG or flicker amplitudes were significantly decreased. These last two ERG results suggest a possible modifications of synaptic transmission at a post-receptoral site (outer plexiform layer or involvement of the bipolar pathways) in these two carriers.

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  1. Université Paris 7, Unité INSERM U-483, France

    Florence Rigaudière & Jean-François Le Gargasson

  2. Explorations Fonctionnelles Visuelles, 75, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France

    Florence Rigaudière & Catherine Roux

  3. Montréal Children's Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Pierre Lachapelle

  4. Université Paris 7, Unité INSERM U-483;Clinique Vétérinaire, 92, Asnières, France

    Serge G. Rosolen

  5. Hôpital Jean Verdier, Service Génétique, 93, Bondy, France

    Pierre Bitoun

  6. Cabinet d'Ophtalmologie, 95, Pontoise, France

    Annie Gay-Duval

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Rigaudière, F., Roux, C., Lachapelle, P. et al. ERGs in female carriers of incomplete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness (I-CSNB) A family report . Doc Ophthalmol 107, 203–212 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026212318245

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