The clinical profile of childhood optic neuritis
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The clinical profile of childhood optic neuritis.
PURPOSE To report the clinical features and outcome of a series of children with optic neuritis. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of patients up to 16 years old with optic neuritis. Group 1 comprised children seen up to two weeks after the onset of visual loss; Group 2 comprised patients already harboring optic atrophy. RESULTS There were 15 boys and 12 girls. The mean age was 10.9 y...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2001000300001