A preliminary longitudinal study of the retinal nerve fiber layer in progressive multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1083-1091

  Henderson, Andrew P D ^a,b   Trip, S A ^a,b   Schlottmann, P G ^d   Altmann, D R ^a,c   Garway Heath, D F ^d   Plant, G T ^b   Miller, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axonal loss; Multiple sclerosis; Optical coherence tomography; Retina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPROTECTION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AXONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 77954383038     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5467-x     Document Type: Article

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