Bilateral simultaneous acute amaurosis as primary manifestation of encephalomyelitis disseminata;Bilaterale simultane akute Amaurose bei Neuritis nervi optici. Erstmanifestation einer Encephalomyelitis disseminata

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 344-347

  Häring, Georg ^a   Behrendt, Stephan ^a   Nölle, Bernhard ^a   Ciriack, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral amaurosis; Disseminated encephalomyelitis; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEROID THERAPY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS;

EID: 0031748827     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050283     Document Type: Article

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