Relationship of Color Blindness to Alcoholic Liver Damage
Author(s)
R Cruz-Coke
Lucía Rivera
H Altschiller
J Mardones
Date Issued
28 de mayo de 2008
Type
Article
Volume
4
Issue
5
Start Page
297
End Page
308
Abstract
Farnsworth-Munsel 100 Hue, Ishihara and hardy-Rand-Ritler tests were performed in a group of 140 alcoholics, who were also studied with routine ’liver tests’ and hepatic biopsy. The high prevalence of color blindness in the blue-yellow among alcoholics was confirmed. No significant correlation between color blindness and histological findings, abnormalities in the laboratory tests or duration of drinking was found. Results suggest thai blue-yellow defectiveness is related to alcoholism itself and not to the induced liver damage. © 1970 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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