研究目的
To evaluate progression of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) using multimodal imaging, including spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), fundus autofluorescence (FAF) and microperimetry (MP).
研究成果
Structural and functional measures are well correlated in RP and can reliable measure disease progression within the course of a year. Therefore, SD-OCT, FAF, and MP may provide useful and reproducible outcome measures for future clinical trials to detect progression of RP.
研究不足
The primary limitation of this study was its retrospective nature. Patients had varying durations of follow-up and inevitably, there was some missing data. Another limitation is the fact that we could not account for the learning curve associated with automated perimetry, which has been known to significantly confound follow-up examinations.