Pupil size following dark adaptation in patients with retinitis pigmentosa
According to the equivalent light hypothesis, molecular defects in the photoreceptor lead to a continuous activation of the photoreceptor cascade in a manner equivalent to real light. The consequences in diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) are as disruptive to the cells as real light. Two for...
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2001-08-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Acceso en liña: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001000800010 |