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Authors: | Hopf, Susanne Nowak, Caroline Hennermann, Julia B. Schmidtmann, Irene Pfeiffer, Norbert Pitz, Susanne |
Title: | Saccadic reaction time and ocular findings in phenylketonuria |
Online publication date: | 14-Dec-2020 |
Year of first publication: | 2020 |
Language: | english |
Abstract: | Background Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited metabolic disorder characterized by reduced activity of phenylalanine hydroxylase resulting in elevated blood phenylalanine (Phe) concentration. Despite some obvious ocular changes, the disorder has been poorly recognized by ophthalmologists. Neurophysiologic tests imply prolonged reaction time correlating with increased phenylalanine blood concentrations. We aimed to test saccadic reaction time in PKU patients in dependency of blood phenylalanine concentrations. Methods Nineteen biochemically diagnosed PKU patients and 100 controls completed comprehensive ophthalmologic and orthoptic examinations including saccadometry by infrared based video-oculography. Peak velocity, gain, and particularly latency of reflexive saccades were compared to controls, and regression analysis was performed. Results Latency of reflexive saccades was not associated with the current phenylalanine concentration. Although in 10 out of 19 patients phenylalanine concentrations were outside the age-related therapeutic range, latency differed little between PKU patients and the controls, as well as peak velocity and gain. Ocular findings occurred as partial hypopigmentation of the iris in one late diagnosed patient aged 36 years, and as bilateral cataracts (possibly due to steroid intake) with refractive amblyopia, strabismus, high myopia, and glaucoma in another late diagnosed patient aged 46 years. Visual acuity was reduced in eight PKU patients. Conclusions Saccadometry, particularly saccadic reaction time, is not useful in the monitoring of phenylketonuria. Ophthalmic examination is recommended in PKU patients, as the occurrence of ocular pathologies was relatively high. Keywords: Saccadometry Video-oculography Saccades Phenylketonuria Hyperphenylalaninemia Phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency |
DDC: | 610 Medizin 610 Medical sciences |
Institution: | Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
Department: | FB 04 Medizin |
Place: | Mainz |
ROR: | https://ror.org/023b0x485 |
DOI: | http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-5485 |
Version: | Published version |
Publication type: | Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
Document type specification: | Scientific article |
License: | CC BY |
Information on rights of use: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Journal: | Orphanet journal of rare diseases 15 |
Pages or article number: | 124 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Publisher place: | London |
Issue date: | 2020 |
ISSN: | 1750-1172 |
Publisher URL: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-020-01407-7 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1186/s13023-020-01407-7 |
Appears in collections: | JGU-Publikationen |
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