May 2005
Volume 46, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2005
Red–Green Color Vision and Luminance Contrast Sensitivity Losses in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • M.F. Costa
    Psicologia Experimental,
    Univ de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • A.G. F. Oliveira
    Psicologia Experimental,
    Univ de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • C.F. Santana
    Psicologia Experimental,
    Univ de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • M. Lago
    Psicologia Experimental,
    Univ de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • M. Zatz
    Centro Genoma Humano, IB,
    Univ de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • D.F. Ventura
    Psicologia Experimental,
    Univ de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  M.F. Costa, None; A.G.F. Oliveira, None; C.F. Santana, None; M. Lago, None; M. Zatz, None; D.F. Ventura, None.
  • Footnotes
    Support  Fapesp, Capes, CNPq
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2005, Vol.46, 4576. doi:
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      M.F. Costa, A.G. F. Oliveira, C.F. Santana, M. Lago, M. Zatz, D.F. Ventura; Red–Green Color Vision and Luminance Contrast Sensitivity Losses in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2005;46(13):4576.

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Abstract

Abstract: : Purpose: to evaluate color vision and luminance contrast sensitivity in Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy (DMD). Methods: DMD patients belonged to the following groups: G1: no gene deletions (n=20); G2: deletions upstream exon 30 (n=7); G3: deletion downstream exon 30 (n=27). Controls: 35 age–matched subjects. Color vision was evaluated with: Cambridge Colour Test (CCT) (CRS Ltd), Neitz Anomaloscope, Ishihara and AO H–R–R plates. Luminance contrast sensitivities (CS) were measured with PSYCHO for Windows (CRS Ltd). For spatial CS (SCS) the frequencies were: 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20cpd. For temporal CS (TCS) the frequencies were: 1, 2, 10, 20 and 33Hz. Results: Color vision losses measured by the CCT were found in 34/54 (63%) patients, the majority of which (27/34, 79%) had a red–green defect, confirmed by the anomaloscope results (Wilcoxon test – Trivector p= .602; Ellipse p< .999). The AO H–R–R and Ishihara plates were less sensitive, revealing respectively, 24% and 16% of red–green color vision losses; and these results did not correlate with the Rayleigh matches (AO H–R–R p= .016; Ishihara p< .001). The SCS were reduced at all frequencies (p< .05) for DMD groups 1 and 3. All frequencies were reduced in TCS (p< .05) except for 33Hz for DMD group 1 and 3. Patients of group 3 with red–green color defect showed a statistical worse results: 1 (p< .007), 2 (p= .019), 10 (p= .010), 20 (p= .009) Hz. Conclusions: Red–green and contrast sensitivity losses occur in DMD patients. The most affected are patients with deletion downstream exon 30, whose impairment is in the Dp260, the retinal dystrophin isoform, suggesting a possible linkage between the DMD and L – M cone genes. A red–green color defect in DMD patients without gene deletion could be indicating a possible point mutation downstream exon 30.

Keywords: color vision • contrast sensitivity • genetics 
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