Longitudinal Assessment of Transorbital Sonography, Visual Acuity, and Biomarkers for Inflammation and Axonal Injury in Optic Neuritis

Background and Objective. To investigate the relationship between optic nerve sheath diameter, optic nerve diameter, visual acuity and osteopontin, and neurofilament heavy chain in patients with acute optic neuritis. Patients and Methods. Sonographic and visual acuity assessment and biomarker measur...

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Main Authors: Piergiorgio Lochner, Roberto Cantello, Klaus Fassbender, Martin Lesmeister, Raffaele Nardone, Antonio Siniscalchi, Nausicaa Clemente, Andrea Naldi, Lorenzo Coppo, Francesco Brigo, Cristoforo Comi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5434310