THE VISUAL FIELDS IN TOBACCO AMBLYOPIA.

Visual distortion in amblyopia.

Vitamin BI 2 absorption in tobacco amblyopia

It is well established that a proportion of patients with tobacco amblyopia have pernicious anaemia or some other demonstrable defect of vitamin B12 metabolism (Leishman, 195I; Heaton, McCormick, and Freeman, I958; Freeman and Heaton, I96I; Foulds, Chisholm, Bronte-Stewart, and Wilson, I968). We have examined 65 cases of tobacco amblyopia diagnosed according to the criteria of Heaton and others...

Vitamin B 12 absorption in tobacco amblyopia.

It is well established that a proportion of patients with tobacco amblyopia have pernicious anaemia or some other demonstrable defect of vitamin B12 metabolism (Leishman, 195I; Heaton, McCormick, and Freeman, I958; Freeman and Heaton, I96I; Foulds, Chisholm, Bronte-Stewart, and Wilson, I968). We have examined 65 cases of tobacco amblyopia diagnosed according to the criteria of Heaton and others...

Absorption of vitamin B12 in tobacco amblyopia.

In view of the evidence that some abnormality of the metabolism of vitamin B12 is present in tobacco amblyopia (Callender and Denborough, I957; Heaton, McCormick, and Freeman, I958; Chisholm, Bronte-Stewart, and Foulds, I967), it was thought possible that absorption of the vitamin might be reduced in patients with the disease. The patients studied were male pipe smokers with bilateral acquired ...

The visual evoked response in hysterical amblyopia.

Hysterical amblyopia is a term used to describe a syndrome in which reduction of visual acuity accompanied by contraction of the visual fields occurs in the absence of any organic lesion. This syndrome has been the subject of many reports (Eames, I 947; Yasuna, 1951; Schlaegel and Quilala, 1955; Krill, I967), but no conclusive diagnostic test has yet been established. Spiralling of the visual f...