Clinical profile of simultaneous bilateral optic neuritis in adults

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 551-554

  De La Cruz, J ^a   Kupersmith, Mark J ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR VISION; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE PAIN; EYE TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NEURITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUS DISEASES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33646243213     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.085399     Document Type: Review

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