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The relative losses in foveal sensitivity of an M ‘green’, pi-4 and an S ‘blue’, pi-1 cone pathway, at different levels of adaptation, were compared in patients with RP and diabetes. Although a preferential loss in sensitivity of an S cone pathway was found for both disease groups, a more selective effect on the S cone pathway was found for diabetes. The effects of adaptation on sensitivity losses of the M cone pathway were also assessed and the losses were found to be dependent on the level of adaptation.
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Greenstein, V.C., Hood, D.C., Carr, R.E. (1989). A Comparison of S Cone Pathway Sensitivity Loss in Patients with Diabetes and Retinitis Pigmentosa. In: Drum, B., Verriest, G. (eds) Colour Vision Deficiencies IX. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2695-0_28
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