Optic neuritis: Characteristics and visual outcome

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 238-243

  Chuenkongkaew, Wanicha ^a   Chirapapaisan, Niphon ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Isolated Optic Neuritis; Methylprednisolone; Optic Neuritis with Demyelinative Disease; Visual Outcome

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037867834     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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