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This test is no more frequently used as it is time-consuming and not always easy to realize. Also the diagnostic information it provides is more easily obtained with electroretinography. Dark adaptation however has a theoretical importance to assess the quality of night vision.

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  1. Service d’Exploration de la Vision et Neuro-ophtalmologie, Centre de Compétence des Maladies Ophtalmologiques Rares, Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France

    Jean Claude Hache

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  1. Service d’Exploration de la Vision et Neuro-ophtalmologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Hôpital Roger Salengro, Lille Cedex, France

    Bernard Puech

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Jean-Jacques De Laey

  3. Department of Electrophysiology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Graham E. Holder

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Hache, J.C. (2014). Dark Adaptation. In: Puech, B., De Laey, JJ., Holder, G. (eds) Inherited Chorioretinal Dystrophies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69466-3_3

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