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Adaptation to long wavelength light leaves the human eye insensitive to short wavelength light. This effect was termed transient tritanopia effect (TTE) by Mollon and Polden (1975). We studied the TTE in patients with several diseases such as open-angle glaucoma, congenital retinoschisis, retinitis pigmentosa and Oguchi’s disease, to verify if the retinal site of the TTE lies in the level of ERG b-wave (Valeton and Norren, 1978). The clinical application of the TTE appears promising for psychophysical localization of retinal lesions.
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Ichikawa, K., Hoshino, M., Ichikawa, H. (1984). Clinical Application of the Transient Tritanopia Effect. In: Verriest, G. (eds) Colour Vision Deficiencies VII. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6551-5_43
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