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Other Tests in Glaucoma: Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential

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Numerous electrophysiological tests have been proposed for detecting glaucomatous damage. Some involve electrical recordings from the eye, while others involve recordings from the cortex [1]. The focus of this chapter is on the latter, particularly the VEP, an electrical potential recorded with one or more electrodes placed over the occipital region of the skull. A variety of visual displays have been used to record VEPs and standards are available that describe clinical recording and analysis of the “conventional” VEP [2]. While the VEP is useful in the diagnosis of a variety of conditions [3], to date there is no convincing evidence that any of the standard VEP procedures perform better than standard automated perimetry (SAP) for detecting glaucomatous damage. However, a relatively new technique, the multifocal VEP (mfVEP), can be clinically useful.

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Hood, D.C., Ritch, R. (2010). Other Tests in Glaucoma: Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential. In: Giaconi, J., Law, S., Coleman, A., Caprioli, J. (eds) Pearls of Glaucoma Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68240-0_21

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