Why Are There No RAPD in Unilateral Cataracts?

Update Item Information
Identifier 19890309_nanos_pupilaccomsympos_02
Title Why Are There No RAPD in Unilateral Cataracts?
Creator Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD, Flora L. Thornton Chair, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at USC
Subject Unilateral Cataract; Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect; Brightness Compensation; Cyroextraction
Description Galen of Pergamon suggested that a patient with cataracts should have his pupil sizes evaluated in bright sunlight. He described how alternate ocular occlusion could be used to prognosticate cataract surgery (couching). In the next 1,500 years many other physicians noted that moderate opacities of the cornea or lens could have a profound effect on visual acuity but would not produce a relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD).
Date 1989-03-09
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1989 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 1989: Pupil and Accomodation Symposium
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s68s7wmd
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Primary Corbett, James J
Contributor Secondary Thompson, H Stanley
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 183177
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68s7wmd
Back to Search Results