“…The reduced flash VER response was a further indication of the generalised nature of the receptor dystrophy. GENETICS Dominant, recessive, and X-linked inheritance have been described with acquired cone dystrophies (Goodman et al, 1963;Berson et al, 1968a;Davis and Hollenhorst, 1955;Krill and Deutman, 1972;Pearlman et al, 1974). None of our patients showed X-linked inheritance, which according to Goodman et al (1963), tends to be manifest in children and become static early in life.…”