Visual pathway axonal loss in benign multiple sclerosis: A longitudinal study

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-123

  Galetta, Kristin M ^a   Graves, Jennifer ^a   Talman, Lauren S ^a   Lile, Deacon J ^a   Frohman, Elliot M ^b   Calabresi, Peter A ^c   Galetta, Steven L ^a   Balcer, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GENERAL DEVICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RETINA NERVE CELL; SHORT FORM 36; STUDENT T TEST; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84861815517     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318240204d     Document Type: Article

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