Interpretation of RNFLT values in multiple sclerosis-associated acute optic neuritis using high-resolution SD-OCT device

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 540-545

  Serbecic, Nermin ^a   Beutelspacher, Sven C ^a   Kircher, Karl ^a   Reitner, Andreas ^a   Schmidt Erfurth, Ursula ^a  

^a University Eye Hospital   (Austria)

Author keywords

multiple sclerosis; OCT; optic neuritis; retinal nerve fibre layer; spectral domain

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE PAIN; HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER ATROPHY; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SEX; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AXONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84865674987     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.02013.x     Document Type: Article

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