Young Gi Min, Yeji Moon, Young Nam Kwon, Byung Joo Lee, Kyung-Ah Park, Jae Yong Han, Jinu Han, Haeng-Jin Lee, Seol-Hee Baek, Byung-Jo Kim, Jun-Soon Kim, Kyung Seok Park, Nam-Hee Kim, Martha Kim, Tai-Seung Nam, Seong-Il Oh, Jae Ho Jung, Jung-Joon Sung, Myoung-Jin Jang, Seong-Joon Kim, Sung-Min Kim
BACKGROUND: Optic neuritis (ON) prognosis is influenced by various factors including attack severity, underlying aetiologies, treatments and consequences of previous episodes. This study, conducted on a large cohort of first ON episodes, aimed to identify unique prognostic factors for each ON subtype, while excluding any potential influence from pre-existing sequelae. METHODS: Patients experiencing their first ON episodes, with complete aquaporin-4 (AQP4) and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody testing, and clinical data for applying multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnostic criteria, were enrolled...
February 28, 2024: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry