Cholesterol affects retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in patients with multiple sclerosis with optic neuritis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1264-1271

  Kardys, A ^a   Weinstock Guttman, B ^b   Dillon, M ^b   Masud, M W ^b   Weinstock, N ^b   Mahfooz, N ^b   Lang, J K ^b   Weinstock, A ^b   Lincoff, N ^b   Zivadinov, R ^b   Ramanathan, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Environment factors; Lipids; Multiple sclerosis; Optic neuritis; Vision

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATTERN REVERSAL VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHOLESTEROL; ENVIRONMENT FACTORS; LIPIDS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; VISION;

CHOLESTEROL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; RETINAL NEURONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84881029434     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12162     Document Type: Article

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