Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography in Neuromyelitis Optica

Discussion Our results emphasize that attack prevention is key to avoid severe neuroaxonal damage and vision loss caused by ON in NMOSD. Therapies ameliorating attack-related damage, especially during a first attack, are an unmet clinical need. Mild signs of neuroaxonal changes without apparent vision loss in ON-unaffected eyes might be solely due to contralateral ON attacks and do not suggest clinically relevant progression but need further investigation.

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Source: Neurology Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation - September 15, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Oertel, F. C., Specovius, S., Zimmermann, H. G., Chien, C., Motamedi, S., Bereuter, C., Cook, L., Lana Peixoto, M. A., Fontanelle, M. A., Kim, H. J., Hyun, J.-W., Palace, J., Roca-Fernandez, A., Leite, M. I., Sharma, S., Ashtari, F., Kafieh, R., Dehghani, Tags: All Imaging, Retina, Visual loss, Devic's syndrome, Optic neuritis; see Neuro-ophthalmology/Optic Nerve Article Source Type: research