Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness is associated with lesion length in acute optic neuritis

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-258

  Kallenbach, K ^a   Simonsen, H ^a   Sander, B ^a   Wanscher, B ^b   Larsson, H ^a   Larsen, M ^a   Frederiksen, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE LESION; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PAPILLEDEMA; PAPILLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE FIBER; VISION;

EID: 74949091812     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181ca0135     Document Type: Article

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