Association of race/ethnicity with visual outcomes following acute optic neuritis: An analysis of the optic neuritis treatment trial

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 421-427

  Moss, Heather E ^a   Gao, Weihua ^b   Balcer, Laura J ^c   Joslin, Charlotte E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; OPTIC NEURITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898634954     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.7995     Document Type: Article

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