RE-PERG in glaucoma diagnosis, in doubt cases

What is it about?

There are diseases whose diagnosis is not always easy. In doubtful cases, it is sometimes difficult to exclude or confirm the condition. Ophthalmologists and Neurologists know about glaucoma and Alzheimer's disease, respectively. Today we are proud to say that we are winning our challenge. We developed a new electrophysiological test that we call RE-PERG, a variation of steady-state erg pattern. In previously published works, we showed that our analysis can discriminate between early glaucoma patients and healthy, and, subsequently, that it is not influenced by cataract and myopia in this work. Briefly, we found a fast and straightforward protocol for identification of retinal ganglion cell dysfunction and we discovered that our test can detect inner retinal impairment in glaucoma.

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Why is it important?

Having a reliable biological marker means having the opportunity to test the effects of treatment, especially when the procedure is as sensitive to change as our RE-PERG.

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