title: Visual function after optic neuritis: a preliminary study.
abstract: We assessed visual function after recovery from optic neuritis in 15 consecutive patients using five objective tests: colour vision testing with Ishihara colour plates and with D15 colour desaturated spots, Humphrey automated perimetry, contrast acuity testing with Regan letter charts and testing of visual evoked response (VER). Recovery of visual function was not found to be dependent on presenting Snellen visual acuity or treatment with oral steroids. The most sensitive measures of residual visual deficit were mean defect on automated perimetry, low-contrast acuity and VER.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, PQ.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Budning
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gans
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Filer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003118:Color Perception / Q000187:drug effects; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000187:drug effects; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000187:drug effects; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone