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Essential night blindness with cone monochromasy

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A young patient with reduced vision complained of night blindness and color blindness. Clinical examination data and retinal densitometry were consistent with essential night blindness. Spectral sensitivity and color vision testing revealed cone monochromasy.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University of Nijmegen, Philips van Leydenlaan 15, NL-6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    A. J. L. G. Pinckers

  2. Eye Research Laboratories, The University of Chicago, 939 East 57th Street, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    J. Pokorny & V. C. Smith

  3. The Institute for Perception TNO, Soesterberg, The Netherlands

    D. van Norren

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This study was supported in part by USPHS NIH Research Grants EY 00901 and EY 01765, and by a grant from ZWO, the Dutch Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research

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Pinckers, A.J.L.G., Pokorny, J., Smith, V.C. et al. Essential night blindness with cone monochromasy. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 218, 322–326 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02150449

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