Transient Smartphone "Blindness".

Authors :: Alim-Marvasti, Ali
Wei Bi
Plant, Gordon T.
Bi, Wei
Mahroo, Omar A
Barbur, John L
Source :: New England Journal of Medicine. 6/23/2016, Vol. 374 Issue 25, p2502-2504. 3p.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Two patients presented with loss of vision after viewing a smartphone screen in bed in the dark. The cause appeared to be differential bleaching of photopigment, with one eye becoming light-adapted while the other eye (blocked by a pillow) became dark-adapted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]