Contrast Sensitivity Visual Acuity Defects in the Earliest Stages of Parkinsonism

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Identifier 20130212_nanos_posters_004
Title Contrast Sensitivity Visual Acuity Defects in the Earliest Stages of Parkinsonism
Creator Juliana Matthews; Nathan Nowalk; Donya Salmasinia; Megan Walley; Charles G. Maitland
Affiliation (JM) (NM) (DS) (MW) (CGM) Florida State College of Medicine, Tallahassee, FL; (DS) (MW) (CGM) Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Foundation, Tallahassee, FL
Subject Parkinsonism; Contrast Sensitivity Acuity; Dopamine; Retina; Optical Coherence Tomography
Description To demonstrate that contrast sensitivity defects are present in patients with Parkinsonism in its earliest stages. Testing for such deficiencies may prove a sensitive screening tool for this disease. Diminished contrast sensitivity visual acuity is recognized in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), presumably due to loss of retinal dopamine. However, to date no study has detailed the presence or degree of loss correlated with the stages of Parkinsonism, particularly the earliest stages.
Date 2013-02-12
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2013 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2013: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 183345
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kd54k3
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