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Microspectrophotometric measurements have been obtained for individual receptors from the enucleated eye of a known deuteranope. In a sample of 17 receptors we recorded 5 rods, 2 short-wave cones and 10 long-wave cones but no middle-wave cones. The results are concordant with psychophysical results for the patient’s remaining eye.
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Mollon, J.D., Bowmaker, J.K., Dartnall, H.J.A., Bird, A.C. (1984). Microspectrophotometric and Psychophysical Results for the Same Deuteranopic Observer. In: Verriest, G. (eds) Colour Vision Deficiencies VII. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6551-5_39
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