The risk of multiple sclerosis developing in patients with isolated idiopathic optic neuritis in Brazil

We studied 88 patients with isolated idiopathic optic neuritis (IION) in order to evaluate the rate of progression to multiple sclerosis (MS) in Brazil. The patients were reassessed from one month to nine years after the development of the HON (mean follow-up was 4.6 years). There were 52 men and 36...

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Main Authors: Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto, Maria Inês Vilhena Lana-Peixoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1991-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1991000400002&lng=en&tlng=en