Neuroprotection for acute optic neuritis - Can it work?

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 307-311

  Raftopoulos, R E ^a   Kapoor, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Multiple sclerosis; Neuroprotection; Optic neuritis; Sodium channel blockade

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

BRAIN ATROPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAPSE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84880133254     PISSN: 22110348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2013.02.001     Document Type: Review

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