Lesion length of optic neuritis impacts visual prognosis in neuromyelitis optica

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 293, Issue , 2016, Pages 28-33

  Akaishi, Tetsuya ^a   Nakashima, Ichiro ^a   Takeshita, Takayuki ^a   Mugikura, Shunji ^a   Sato, Douglas Kazutoshi ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Nishiyama, Shuhei ^a   Kurosawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Misu, Tatsuro ^a   Nakazawa, Toru ^a   Aoki, Masashi ^a   Fujihara, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yonezawa National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuromyelitis optica; Optic coherence tomography; Optic MRI; Optic neuritis; Visual prognosis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LESION LENGTH; MALE; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN-OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OPTIC NEURITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962028824     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2016.02.004     Document Type: Article

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