Predictive value of 1 month retinal nerve fiber layer thinning for deficits at 6 months after acute optic neuritis

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1743-1748

  Kupersmith, Mark J ^a,b   Anderson, Susan ^c   Kardon, Randy ^c  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

axonal loss; nerve thinning; optic neuritis; Outcome measurement; outcome prediction; retinal nerve fiber layer; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

GLATIRAMER; INTERFERON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AXONAL LOSS; NERVE THINNING; OPTIC NEURITIS; OUTCOME MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME PREDICTION; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 84887541700     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513485149     Document Type: Article

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