High-dose intravenous methylprednisolone in recent traumatic optic neuropathy; a randomized double-masked placebo-controlled clinical trial

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1267-1271

  Entezari, Morteza ^a,c   Rajavi, Zhaleh ^a   Sedighi, Neda ^a   Daftarian, Narssis ^a   Sanagoo, Masoumeh ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

High dose intravenous corticosteroid; Methylprednisolone; Relative afferent papillary defect; Traumatic optic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34548032811     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0441-0     Document Type: Article

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