Early high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone is effective in preserving retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in patients with neuromyelitis optica.
Nakamura
Masahiko
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Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan. manakamura@oph.med.tohoku.ac.jp
Nakazawa
Toru
T
Doi
Hiroshi
H
Hariya
Takehiro
T
Omodaka
Kazuko
K
Misu
Tatsuro
T
Takahashi
Toshiyuki
T
Fujihara
Kazuo
K
Nishida
Kohji
K
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000187:drug effects*; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008775:Methylprednisolone