Mizuo-Nakamura phenomenon

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A phenomenon mainly observed in Oguchi's disease.

Description

A phenomenon mainly observed in Oguchi's disease: the fundus colour of the patients is completely normalized after a long dark adaptation.

Bibliography

  • G. Mizuo:
    On a new discovery in the dark adaptation on Oguchi's disease.
    Acta Societatis ophthalmologicae Japonicae. Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi, Tokyo, 1913, 17:1148.
  • G. Mizuo, B. Nakamura:
    Zum Wesen der sogenannten Oguchi'schen Krankheit und eine neue Kenntnis über Dunkeladaptation.
    Acta Societatis ophthalmologicae Japonicae. Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi, 1914, 18: 73-126.
  • B. Nakamura:
    Über ein neues Phänomen der Farbenveränderung des menschlichen Augenhintergrundes im Zusammenhang mit der fortschreitenden Dunkeladaptation.
    Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, 1920, 65: 883.

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