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The alterations of the inner retina in retinitis pigmentosa have been described in previous papers less often than the external retina alterations, both from the electrophysio-logical and morphological point of view. The oscillatory potentials (OPs) of the electroretinogram (ERG) are a good tool to investigate the inner part of the retina because of the deep anatomical location of their generators. We studied the photopic OPs in a group of 25 subjects affected with retinitis pigmentosa and compared them with other ERG components to obtain information about the functional damage of the inner retina. The OPs were recordable in 9 patients. No analogies were found with the inheritance modes. No relationship was found between OPs and 20 Hz ERG photopic response which was still present in a consistent number of eyes when OPs were no longer recordable. Such finding can be interpreted as an expression of inner retinal damage paralleling the photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium impairment.
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Ponte, F., Anastasi, M. & Lauricella, M.R. Retinitis pigmentosa and inner retina. Functional study by means of oscillatory potentials of the electroretinogram. Doc Ophthalmol 73, 337–346 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154489
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