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ArticleJournal of current ophthalmology2019

Contrast and spatial frequency modulation for diagnosis of amblyopia: An electrophysiological approach.

Alireza Mohammadi, Hassan Hashemi, Ali Mirzajani, Abbasali Yekta, Ebrahim Jafarzadehpur, Mehrnaz Valadkhan, Mehdi Khabazkhoob

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Article in Journal of current ophthalmology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Alireza MohammadiNoor Research Center for Ophthalmic Epidemiology, Noor Eye Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Hassan HashemiNoor Research Center for Ophthalmic Epidemiology, Noor Eye Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Ali MirzajaniDepartment of Optometry, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abbasali YektaRefractive Errors Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Ebrahim JafarzadehpurDepartment of Optometry, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehrnaz ValadkhanNoor Research Center for Ophthalmic Epidemiology, Noor Eye Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Mehdi KhabazkhoobDepartment of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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purposeTo evaluate the diagnostic value of visual evoked potentials (VEPs) and to find out which test setting has the most sensitivity and specificity for amblyopia diagnosis.

methodsThirty-three adult anisometropic amblyopes were intended in this study and were tested for visual evoked potentials with different stimulus conditions including three spatial frequencies [1, 2, and 4-cycles-per-degree (cpd)] at four contrast levels (100, 50, 25, and 5%). We also tested psychophysical contrast sensitivity and compared the results with electrophysiological ones. We plotted Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve for each VEP recording and psychophysical contrast sensitivity to evaluate the area under the curve, sensitivity, specificity, and cut-point value of each test stimulus for detecting amblyopic eyes.

resultsThirty-three amblyopic and 33 non-amblyopic eyes were examined for psychophysical contrast sensitivity and VEPs. Area under the ROC curve (AURC) findings showed that VEP with different stimulus settings can significantly detect amblyopic eyes, as well as psychophysical contrast sensitivity test. We found that P100 amplitudes had the largest AURC in response to stimuli of 2-cpd spatial frequency at 50 (

conclusionAccording to our findings, assessment of VEP amplitudes in response to stimuli of 2-cpd spatial frequency at 50 and 25% contrast levels can best detect amblyopia with highest sensitivity and specificity and thus, are the protocols of choice for detection of amblyopic eyes.

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AmblyopiaContrast sensitivityVisual evoked potentials

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