Optic neuritis

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Beck RW, Cleary PA, Anderson MM Jr, et al. A randomized, controlled trial of corticosteroids in the treatment of acute optic neuritis. The Optic Neuritis Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1992 Feb 27;326(9):581-8. Abstract

Trip SA, Schlottmann PG, Jones SJ, et al. Retinal nerve fiber layer axonal loss and visual dysfunction in optic neuritis. Ann Neurol. 2005 Sep;58(3):383-91. Abstract

Comi G, Filippi M, Barkhof F, et al. Effect of early interferon treatment on conversion to definite multiple sclerosis: a randomized study. Lancet. 2001 May 19;357(9268):1576-82. Abstract

1. Ebers GC. Optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis. Arch Neurol. 1985 Jul;42(7):702-4. Abstract

2. Optic Neuritis Study Group. The clinical profile of optic neuritis: experience of the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial. Arch Ophthalmol. 1991 Dec;109(12):1673-8. Abstract

3. Jin YP, de Pedro-Cuesta J, Soderstrom M, et al. Incidence of optic neuritis in Stockholm, Sweden 1990-1995: I. Age, sex, birth and ethnic-group related patterns. J Neurol Sci. 1998 Jul 15;159(1):107-14. Abstract

4. Phillips PH, Newman NJ, Lynn MJ. Optic neuritis in African Americans. Arch Neurol. 1998 Feb;55(2):186-92.Full text  Abstract

5. Braithwaite T, Subramanian A, Petzold A, et al. Trends in optic neuritis incidence and prevalence in the UK and association with systemic and neurologic disease. JAMA Neurol. 2020 Dec 1;77(12):1514-23.Full text  Abstract

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9. Bosley TM, Constantinescu CS, Tench CR, et al. Mitochondrial changes in leukocytes of patients with optic neuritis. Mol Vis. 2007 Aug 29;13:1516-28.Full text  Abstract

10. Edwards LJ, Constantinescu CS. A prospective study of conditions associated with multiple sclerosis in a cohort of 658 consecutive outpatients attending a multiple sclerosis clinic. Mult Scler. 2004 Oct;10(5):575-81. Abstract

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13. Beck RW, Cleary PA, Anderson MM Jr, et al. A randomized, controlled trial of corticosteroids in the treatment of acute optic neuritis. The Optic Neuritis Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1992 Feb 27;326(9):581-8. Abstract

14. Miller DH, Newton MR, van der Poel JC, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of the optic nerve in optic neuritis. Neurology. 1988 Feb;38(2):175-9. Abstract

15. Frederiksen JL, Petrera J. Serial visual evoked potentials in 90 untreated patients with acute optic neuritis. Surv Ophthalmol. 1999 Oct;44 Suppl 1:S54-62. Abstract

16. Hood DC, Odel JG, Zhang X. Tracking the recovery of local optic nerve function after optic neuritis: a multifocal VEP study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2000 Nov;41(12):4032-8.Full text  Abstract

17. Skov AG, Skov T, Frederiksen JL. Oligoclonal bands predict multiple sclerosis after optic neuritis: a literature survey. Mult Scler. 2011 Apr;17(4):404-10. Abstract

18. Rolak LA, Beck RW, Paty DW, et al. Cerebrospinal fluid in acute optic neuritis: experience of the optic neuritis treatment trial. Neurology. 1996 Feb;46(2):368-72. Abstract

19. Trip SA, Schlottmann PG, Jones SJ, et al. Retinal nerve fiber layer axonal loss and visual dysfunction in optic neuritis. Ann Neurol. 2005 Sep;58(3):383-91. Abstract

20. Petzold A, Balcer LJ, Calabresi PA, et al. Retinal layer segmentation in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Neurol. 2017 Oct;16(10):797-812.Full text  Abstract

21. Sellner J, Boggild M, Clanet M, et al. EFNS guidelines on diagnosis and management of neuromyelitis optica. Eur J Neurol. 2010 Aug;17(8):1019-32.Full text  Abstract

22. Lennon VA, Wingerchuk DM, Kryzer TJ, et al. A serum autoantibody marker of neuromyelitis optica: distinction from multiple sclerosis. Lancet. 2004 Dec 11-17;364(9451):2106-12. Abstract

23. Ramanathan S, Mohammad S, Tantsis E, et al. Clinical course, therapeutic responses and outcomes in relapsing MOG antibody-associated demyelination. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 Feb;89(2):127-37.Full text  Abstract

24. Knapp CM, Constantinescu CS, Tan JH, et al. Serum uric acid levels in optic neuritis. Mult Scler. 2004 Jun;10(3):278-80. Abstract

25. Constantinescu CS, Goodman DB, Grossman RI, et al. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme in multiple sclerosis. Arch Neurol. 1997;54:1012-1015. Abstract

26. Barned S, Goodman AD, Mattson DH. Frequency of anti-nuclear antibodies in multiple sclerosis. Neurology. 1995 Feb;45(2):384-5. Abstract

27. Thompson AJ, Banwell BL, Barkhof F, et al. Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria. Lancet Neurol. 2018 Feb;17(2):162-73.Full text  Abstract

28. Harding AE, Sweeney MG, Miller DH, et al. Occurrence of a multiple sclerosis-like illness in women who have a Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy mitochondrial DNA mutation. Brain. 1992 Aug;115(Pt 4):979-89. Abstract

29. Poser CM, Paty DW, Scheinberg L, et al. New diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: guidelines for research protocols. Ann Neurol. 1983 Mar;13(3):227-31. Abstract

30. McDonald WI, Compston A, Edan G, et al. Recommended diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: guidelines from the International Panel on the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol. 2001 Jul;50(1):121-7. Abstract

31. Polman CH, Reingold SC, Edan G, et al. Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2005 revisions to the "McDonald Criteria". Ann Neurol. 2005 Dec;58(6):840-6.Full text  Abstract

32. Polman CH, Reingold SC, Banwell B, et al. Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 revisions to the McDonald criteria. Ann Neurol. 2011 Feb;69(2):292-302.Full text  Abstract

33. Wingerchuk DM, Lennon VA, Pittock SJ, et al. Revised diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica. Neurology. 2006 May 23;66(10):1485-9. Abstract

34. Tintore M, Rovira A. MRI criteria distinguishing seropositive NMO spectrum disorder from MS. Neurology. 2013 Apr 2;80(14):1336. Abstract

35. Wingerchuk DM, Banwell B, Bennett JL, et al. International consensus diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica spectrum. Neurology. 2015 Jul 14;85(2):177-89.Full text  Abstract

36. Gal RL, Vedula SS, Beck R. Corticosteroids for treating optic neuritis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Aug 14;(8):CD001430.Full text  Abstract

37. Perumal JS, Caon C, Hreha S, et al. Oral prednisone taper following intravenous steroids fails to improve disability or recovery from relapses in multiple sclerosis. Eur J Neurol. 2008 Jul;15(7):677-80. Abstract

38. Le Page E, Veillard D, Laplaud DA, et al; COPOUSEP investigators; West Network for Excellence in Neuroscience. Oral versus intravenous high-dose methylprednisolone for treatment of relapses in patients with multiple sclerosis (COPOUSEP): a randomised, controlled, double-blind, non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2015 Sep 5;386(9997):974-81.Full text  Abstract

39. Morrow SA, Fraser JA, Day C, et al. Effect of treating acute optic neuritis with bioequivalent oral vs intravenous corticosteroids: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Neurol. 2018 Jun 1;75(6):690-696.Full text  Abstract

40. Petzold A, Braithwaite T, van Oosten BW, et al. Case for a new corticosteroid treatment trial in optic neuritis: review of updated evidence. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2020 Jan;91(1):9-14.Full text  Abstract

41. Aktas O, Albrecht P, Hartung HP. Optic neuritis as a phase 2 paradigm for neuroprotection therapies of multiple sclerosis: update on current trials and perspectives. Curr Opin Neurol. 2016 Jun;29(3):199-204.Full text  Abstract

42. McKee JB, Cottriall CL, Elston J, et al. Amiloride does not protect retinal nerve fibre layer thickness in optic neuritis in a phase 2 randomised controlled trial. Mult Scler. 2019 Feb;25(2):246-55. Abstract

43. Raftopoulos R, Hickman SJ, Toosy A, et al. Phenytoin for neuroprotection in patients with acute optic neuritis: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet Neurol. 2016 Mar;15(3):259-69. Abstract

44. Cadavid D, Balcer L, Galetta S, et al. Safety and efficacy of opicinumab in acute optic neuritis (RENEW): a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet Neurol. 2017 Mar;16(3):189-199.Full text  Abstract

45. Green AJ, Gelfand JM, Cree BA, et al. Clemastine fumarate as a remyelinating therapy for multiple sclerosis (ReBUILD): a randomised, controlled, double-blind, crossover trial. Lancet. 2017 Dec 2;390(10111):2481-2489.Full text  Abstract

46. Deschamps R, Gueguen A, Parquet N, et al. Plasma exchange response in 34 patients with severe optic neuritis. J Neurol. 2016 May;263(5):883-887.Full text  Abstract

47. Mason MC, Marotta DA, Kesserwani H. Steroid-resistant double-seronegative optic neuritis responds favorably to plasma exchange. Cureus. 2021 May 26;13(5):e15260.Full text  Abstract

48. Mimura O, Ishikawa H, Kezuka T, et al. Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment for steroid-resistant optic neuritis: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled phase III study. Jpn J Ophthalmol. 2021 Jan;65(1):122-132.Full text  Abstract

49. Levy M, Fujihara K, Palace J. New therapies for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. Lancet Neurol. 2021 Jan;20(1):60-67.Full text  Abstract

50. Cree BAC, Bennett JL, Kim HJ, et al. Inebilizumab for the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (N-MOmentum): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled phase 2/3 trial. Lancet. 2019 Oct 12;394(10206):1352-63. Abstract

51. Tahara M, Oeda T, Okada K, et al. Safety and efficacy of rituximab in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (RIN-1 study): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Neurol. 2020 Apr;19(4):298-306.Full text  Abstract

52. Pittock SJ, Berthele A, Fujihara K, et al. Eculizumab in aquaporin-4-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. N Engl J Med. 2019 Aug 15;381(7):614-25.Full text  Abstract

53. Yamamura T, Kleiter I, Fujihara K, et al. Trial of satralizumab in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 28;381(22):2114-24. Abstract

54. Traboulsee A, Greenberg BM, Bennett JL, et al. Safety and efficacy of satralizumab monotherapy in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: a randomised, double-blind, multicentre, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet Neurol. 2020 May;19(5):402-412.Full text  Abstract

55. Zhang C, Zhang M, Qiu W, et al. Safety and efficacy of tocilizumab versus azathioprine in highly relapsing neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (TANGO): an open-label, multicentre, randomised, phase 2 trial. Lancet Neurol. 2020 May;19(5):391-401.Full text  Abstract

56. Optic Neuritis Study Group. Multiple sclerosis risk after optic neuritis: final Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial follow-up. Arch Neurol. 2008 Jun;65(6):727-32.Full text  Abstract

57. Beck RW, Gal RL. Treatment of acute optic neuritis: a summary of findings from the optic neuritis treatment trial. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008 Jul;126(7):994-5. Abstract

58. Tanasescu R, Ionete C, Chou IJ, et al. Advances in the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Biomed J. 2014 Mar-Apr;37(2):41-9. Abstract

59. Jacobs LD, Beck RW, Simon JH, et al. Intramuscular interferon beta-1a therapy initiated during a first demyelinating event in multiple sclerosis. N Engl J Med. 2000 Sep 28;343(13):898-904.Full text  Abstract

60. Comi G, Filippi M, Barkhof F, et al. Effect of early interferon treatment on conversion to definite multiple sclerosis: a randomized study. Lancet. 2001 May 19;357(9268):1576-82. Abstract

61. Kappos L, Polman CH, Freedman MS, et al. Treatment with interferon beta-1b delays conversion to clinically definite and McDonald MS in patients with clinically isolated syndromes. Neurology. 2006 Oct 10;67(7):1242-9. Abstract

62. Comi G. Early treatment with glatiramer acetate demonstrated robust protection against progression to CDMS. Presentation at: American Association of Neurology meeting, 12-19 April 2008, Chicago, USA.