title: [Research status on the epidemiological characteristics of optic neuritis].
abstract: Optic neuritis(ON) is one of common neuro-ophthalmologic diseases which cause vision loss in young and middle-aged population. There are obvious differences in the incidence and the epidemiological characteristics among different countries and regions. A number of studies on ON have been carried out at home and abroad. In China, it is still lack of multi-center, prospective, large sample epidemiological studies so far. This paper reviews the epidemiological characteristics of ON through the related domestic and overseas literatures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Email: yhhu@bjmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yonghua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D035843:Biomedical Research; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D014943:Global Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies