Clinical profiles of patients with optic neuritis at the Ophthalmological Department of Chiba University

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 153-162

  Suehiro, Shintaro ^a   Adachi Usami, E ^a   Miyauchi, O ^a   Mizota, A ^a   Tsuyama, Y ^a   Fujimoto, N ^a   Uehara, J ^a   Igarashi, Y ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical profiles; Multiple sclerosis; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PALLOR; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0038803820     PISSN: 01658107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/noph.27.1.153.14293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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