Retinal ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer thinning in clinically isolated syndrome

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1887-1895

  Oberwahrenbrock, Timm ^a   Ringelstein, Marius ^b   Jentschke, Simon ^a   Deuschle, Katrin ^a   Klumbies, Katharina ^a   Bellmann Strobl, Judith ^a   Harmel, Jens ^b   Ruprecht, Klemens ^a   Schippling, Sven ^c   Hartung, Hans Peter ^b   Aktas, Orhan ^b   Brandt, Alexander U ^a   Paul, Friedemann ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinically isolated syndrome; optical coherence tomography; retinal ganglion cell layer; retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MACULAR THICKNESS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RELAPSE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

CLINICALLY ISOLATED SYNDROME; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINAL GANGLION CELL LAYER; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881138833     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513489757     Document Type: Article

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