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Creig S. Hoyt, MD; Frank A. Billson, FRCS, FRACS, MACO

Am J Dis Child. 1979;133(9):955-958.

Abstract
• We present the clinical and electrophysiological findings in three cases of osteopetrosis with visual loss. In all cases the findings on electroretinography suggested diffuse retinal degeneration, despite normal ophthalmoscopic appearance of the retinas. We suggest that retinal degeneration may be a common finding in osteopetrosis and a major cause of visual loss. Patients with osteopetrosis and poor vision should be examined using electrophysiological techniques to detect unsuspected retinal dysfunction.

(Am J Dis Child 133:955-958, 1979)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pediatrics and Ophthalmology, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco (Dr Hoyt), and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, and the Department of Pediatrics, Royal Alexandria Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia (Dr Billson).

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Pediatric Ophthalmology, University of California Medical Center, Room 490-U, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143 (Dr Hoyt).

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