May 2008
Volume 49, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2008
Fundus Autofluorescence and Intensity-Response Functions in "Cone Dystrophy With Supernormal Rod Electroretinogram" Consequent Upon Mutation in KCNV2
A. G. Robson; M. Michaelides; H. Wu; J. A. Cowing; D. M. Hunt; A. T. Moore; G. E. Holder; A. R. Webster
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • A. G. Robson
    Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    Electrophysiology,
    UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
  • M. Michaelides
    Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
  • H. Wu
    UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
  • J. A. Cowing
    UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
  • D. M. Hunt
    UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
  • A. T. Moore
    Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
  • G. E. Holder
    Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    Electrophysiology,
    UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
  • A. R. Webster
    Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  A.G. Robson, None; M. Michaelides, None; H. Wu, None; J.A. Cowing, None; D.M. Hunt, None; A.T. Moore, None; G.E. Holder, None; A.R. Webster, None.
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      A. G. Robson, M. Michaelides, H. Wu, J. A. Cowing, D. M. Hunt, A. T. Moore, G. E. Holder, A. R. Webster; Fundus Autofluorescence and Intensity-Response Functions in "Cone Dystrophy With Supernormal Rod Electroretinogram" Consequent Upon Mutation in KCNV2. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2008;49(13):2167.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To characterize fundus autofluorescence, full-field electroretinogram (ERG) intensity-response functions and ON-OFF ERGs in genetically confirmed cases of "cone dystrophy with supernormal rod ERG".

Methods: : Sixteen affected individuals aged between 10 and 59 years were ascertained. International-standard full-field ERGs were recorded with additional flashes ranging from 0.001cd.s/m2 to 11.5 cd.s/m2. The youngest patient was tested using lower eyelid ERG electrodes. ON-OFF ERGs were performed in 10 subjects using an orange stimulus superimposed on a green background. Fundus autofluorescence (AF) imaging was performed on 10 subjects. DNA was available on 14/16 subjects and each was screened for mutation in KCNV2.

Results: : Rod-mediated ERGs had characteristic a and b-wave intensity-response functions in 15/15 cases and a broadened a-wave to the brightest flash in 16/16 cases. Bright flash ERG a-waves were often mildly subnormal and ERG b-waves showed considerable overlap with the normal amplitude range, irrespective of age. Cone-mediated full-field ERGs were reduced and delayed. Photopic ON-OFF ERGs showed delay in some ON responses and most OFF responses. One young patient had normal AF. Seven of the other 9 subjects manifested a high density parafoveal AF ring that in older cases encircled macular RPE atrophy. The AF ring diameter correlated positively with age (r=0.77, p<0.05). Mutation in KCNV2 was confirmed in 14/14 cases.

Conclusions: : Full-field ERGs vary in amplitude but the intensity response functions and bright flash ERG waveforms are pathognomonic and may be demonstrated with either corneal or surface ERG electrodes. Fundus autofluorescence reveals a parafoveal ring-like area of high density in most KCNV2 cases that resembles that seen commonly in cone-rod and other retinal dystrophies. Cross-sectional analysis over a 5-decade age range suggests that the AF rings may progressively expand.

Keywords: electroretinography: clinical • retinal degenerations: hereditary • imaging/image analysis: clinical 
© 2008, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc., all rights reserved. Permission to republish any abstract or part of an abstract in any form must be obtained in writing from the ARVO Office prior to publication.
Copyright © 2015 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
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