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Nyctalopia

MedGen UID:
10349
Concept ID:
C0028077
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Night blindness
SNOMED CT: Night blindness (65194006); Nyctalopia (65194006); Difficulty seeing at night (65194006)
 
HPO: HP:0000662
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004588
OMIM®: 310500

Definition

Inability to see well at night or in poor light. [from HPO]

Conditions with this feature

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Katta M, de Guimaraes TAC, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Fujinami K, Georgiou M, Mahroo OA, Webster AR, Michaelides M
Ophthalmol Retina 2024 Sep;8(9):932-941. Epub 2024 Mar 24 doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2024.03.017. PMID: 38522615
Nguyen XT, Moekotte L, Plomp AS, Bergen AA, van Genderen MM, Boon CJF
Int J Mol Sci 2023 Apr 19;24(8) doi: 10.3390/ijms24087481. PMID: 37108642Free PMC Article
Heydarian S, Jafari R, Dailami KN, Hashemi H, Jafarzadehpour E, Heirani M, Yekta A, Mahjoob M, Khabazkhoob M
Int Ophthalmol 2020 Feb;40(2):511-527. Epub 2019 Oct 10 doi: 10.1007/s10792-019-01189-3. PMID: 31602527

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Katta M, de Guimaraes TAC, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Fujinami K, Georgiou M, Mahroo OA, Webster AR, Michaelides M
Ophthalmol Retina 2024 Sep;8(9):932-941. Epub 2024 Mar 24 doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2024.03.017. PMID: 38522615
Huang L, Bai X, Xie Y, Zhou Y, Wu J, Li N
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2024 Mar 6;19(1):101. doi: 10.1186/s13023-024-03091-3. PMID: 38448886Free PMC Article
Nguyen XT, Moekotte L, Plomp AS, Bergen AA, van Genderen MM, Boon CJF
Int J Mol Sci 2023 Apr 19;24(8) doi: 10.3390/ijms24087481. PMID: 37108642Free PMC Article
Bhardwaj A, Yadav A, Yadav M, Tanwar M
Indian J Ophthalmol 2022 Jul;70(7):2355-2385. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_46_22. PMID: 35791117Free PMC Article
Zhu T, Chen DF, Wang L, Wu S, Wei X, Li H, Jin ZB, Sui R
Br J Ophthalmol 2021 May;105(5):694-703. Epub 2020 Jul 16 doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-315786. PMID: 32675063

Diagnosis

Katta M, de Guimaraes TAC, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Fujinami K, Georgiou M, Mahroo OA, Webster AR, Michaelides M
Ophthalmol Retina 2024 Sep;8(9):932-941. Epub 2024 Mar 24 doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2024.03.017. PMID: 38522615
Stern JI, Robertson CE
Curr Pain Headache Rep 2024 Feb;28(2):55-63. Epub 2023 Dec 11 doi: 10.1007/s11916-023-01186-3. PMID: 38079073
Barrachina-Esteve O, Hidalgo-Torrico I, Acero C, Aranceta S, Cánovas-Vergé D, Ribera G
Neurologia (Engl Ed) 2024 Mar;39(2):190-195. Epub 2023 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2021.05.012. PMID: 37442427
Bhardwaj A, Yadav A, Yadav M, Tanwar M
Indian J Ophthalmol 2022 Jul;70(7):2355-2385. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_46_22. PMID: 35791117Free PMC Article
White OB, Clough M, McKendrick AM, Fielding J
J Neuroophthalmol 2018 Dec;38(4):514-521. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000702. PMID: 30095537

Therapy

Hari T, Elsherbiny S
Eye (Lond) 2022 Jun;36(6):1147-1153. Epub 2021 Oct 21 doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01811-8. PMID: 34675393Free PMC Article
Wood LJ, Jolly JK, Andrews CD, Wilson IR, Hickey D, Cehajic-Kapetanovic J, Maclaren RE
Clin Exp Optom 2021 Jan;104(1):90-94. doi: 10.1111/cxo.13087. PMID: 32372497
Hussain RM, Ciulla TA, Berrocal AM, Gregori NZ, Flynn HW Jr, Lam BL
Expert Opin Biol Ther 2018 Oct;18(10):1049-1059. Epub 2018 Sep 10 doi: 10.1080/14712598.2018.1513486. PMID: 30129371
Hussain RM, Gregori NZ, Ciulla TA, Lam BL
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2018 Apr;19(5):471-481. Epub 2018 Mar 15 doi: 10.1080/14656566.2018.1448060. PMID: 29542350
Tiang S, Warne R
BMJ Case Rep 2010 Aug 26;2010 doi: 10.1136/bcr.05.2010.2965. PMID: 22767477Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Katta M, de Guimaraes TAC, Fujinami-Yokokawa Y, Fujinami K, Georgiou M, Mahroo OA, Webster AR, Michaelides M
Ophthalmol Retina 2024 Sep;8(9):932-941. Epub 2024 Mar 24 doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2024.03.017. PMID: 38522615
Nguyen XT, Moekotte L, Plomp AS, Bergen AA, van Genderen MM, Boon CJF
Int J Mol Sci 2023 Apr 19;24(8) doi: 10.3390/ijms24087481. PMID: 37108642Free PMC Article
Bhardwaj A, Yadav A, Yadav M, Tanwar M
Indian J Ophthalmol 2022 Jul;70(7):2355-2385. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_46_22. PMID: 35791117Free PMC Article
Fousekis FS, Katsanos A, Katsanos KH, Christodoulou DK
Int Ophthalmol 2020 Apr;40(4):1049-1054. Epub 2020 Jan 8 doi: 10.1007/s10792-019-01254-x. PMID: 31916055
Salmaninejad A, Motaee J, Farjami M, Alimardani M, Esmaeilie A, Pasdar A
Ophthalmic Genet 2019 Oct;40(5):393-402. doi: 10.1080/13816810.2019.1675178. PMID: 31755340

Clinical prediction guides

Lin YW, Huang YS, Lin CY, Lin CW, Wu CC, Yang CH, Yang CM, Chen PL, Chen TC
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2024 Jun 15;19(1):238. doi: 10.1186/s13023-024-03238-2. PMID: 38879497Free PMC Article
Dumitrescu AV, Pfeifer WL, Arhens M, Andorf JL, Drack AV
Can J Ophthalmol 2024 Dec;59(6):e808-e818. Epub 2023 Dec 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2023.11.022. PMID: 38159912
Lee EK, Lee SY, Oh BL, Yoon CK, Park UC, Yu HG
Am J Ophthalmol 2021 Apr;224:120-132. Epub 2020 Dec 16 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.12.010. PMID: 33340506
Wood LJ, Jolly JK, Andrews CD, Wilson IR, Hickey D, Cehajic-Kapetanovic J, Maclaren RE
Clin Exp Optom 2021 Jan;104(1):90-94. doi: 10.1111/cxo.13087. PMID: 32372497
Jauregui R, Park KS, Bassuk AG, Mahajan VB, Tsang SH
Doc Ophthalmol 2018 Aug;137(1):15-23. Epub 2018 May 16 doi: 10.1007/s10633-018-9640-3. PMID: 29770904

Recent systematic reviews

Sampatakakis SN, Lymperopoulos L, Mavridis T, Karagiorgis G, Papadopoulos C, Deligianni CI, Mitsikostas DD
Cephalalgia 2022 Nov;42(13):1409-1419. Epub 2022 Aug 9 doi: 10.1177/03331024221118917. PMID: 35945691
Heng JS, Kim JM, Jones DK, Stoessel KM, Weiss SA, Sznol M, Kluger HM, Walter SD, Silverstein NA, Pointdujour-Lim R
BMJ Open Ophthalmol 2022;7(1):e000889. Epub 2022 Jan 3 doi: 10.1136/bmjophth-2021-000889. PMID: 35047671Free PMC Article
Eren O, Schankin CJ
Prog Brain Res 2020;255:311-326. Epub 2020 Jun 15 doi: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2020.05.020. PMID: 33008511
Schwartz SG, Wang X, Chavis P, Kuriyan AE, Abariga SA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Jun 18;6(6):CD008428. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008428.pub3. PMID: 32573764Free PMC Article
Rayapudi S, Schwartz SG, Wang X, Chavis P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 Dec 19;2013(12):CD008428. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008428.pub2. PMID: 24357340Free PMC Article

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