Optic nerve: Optic neuritis

Encyclopedia of the Eye, Four-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 205-209

  Hein, K ^a   Bahr M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Axonal damage; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Corticosteroids; Devic s disease; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Multiple sclerosis (MS); Neuroprotection; Oligoclonal IgG bands; Optic neuritis; Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Plasmapheresis; Visual failure; Visually evoked potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883218566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374203-2.00286-4     Document Type: Chapter

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