Optic neuritis in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 667-671

  Lim, S A ^a   Goh, K Y ^a   Tow, S ^b   Fu, E ^b   Wong, T Y ^b   Seah, A ^b   Tan, C ^c   Cullen, James F ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Idiopathic optic neuritis; Multiple sclerosis; Optic disc swelling; Optic neuritis; Papillitis; Retrobulbar optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAPILLEDEMA; RETINA; SINGAPORE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 54349096104     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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