Diffusion tensor imaging in acute optic neuropathies: Predictor of clinical outcomes

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-71

  Naismith, Robert T ^a   Xu, Junqian ^a   Tutlam, Nhial T ^a   Lancia, Samantha ^a   Trinkaus, Kathryn ^b   Song, Sheng Kwei ^b   Cross, Anne H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NEURITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862909140     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.243     Document Type: Article

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