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We have examined the electroretinographic responses, the psychophysically determined course of dark adaptation and/or the scotopic and photopic (static) perimetric profile of the uninjured eyes of 11 patients with unilateral intraocular foreign bodies. Most of the patients showed subnormal ERG amplitudes over a range of light intensities, and subnormal light sensitivity in isolated retinal areas. The data suggest that eyes not directly injured by a unilateral traumatic ocular episode may show visual defects.
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Kaitz, M., Perlman, I., Ovadia, N. et al. Visual defects in the uninjured eye of patients with unilateral eye injury. Doc Ophthalmol 53, 179–190 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00142485
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