Disease of Anterior Ethmoidal Cells, Causing Optic Neuritis
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Overlap of optic neuritis and anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
Dr Horton’s letter, “Mistaken treatment of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy with interferon -1a” is an important reminder of the sometimes difficult distinction between optic neuritis (ON) and anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION). Although he touches on several distinguishing characteristics, the distinction is clinically important and merits further expansion. Both ON and AION represent...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1925
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591572501800754