1. Peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer thinning in genetic generalized epilepsy.
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González de la Aleja J, Guerrero-Molina M, Saíz-Díaz RA, López-Muñoz F, Raga-Martínez I, Hernández-Gallego J, Navarrete-Chamorro P, and Povedano-Montero FJ
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- Adolescent, Adult, Epilepsy, Generalized diagnostic imaging, Epilepsy, Generalized genetics, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nerve Fibers ultrastructure, Prospective Studies, Retinal Neurons ultrastructure, Tomography, Optical Coherence, Young Adult, Epilepsy, Generalized pathology, Nerve Fibers pathology, Retinal Neurons pathology
- Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) between patients with genetic generalized epilepsy (GGE) and healthy controls., Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted on adults aged 18-60 years. The study group comprised 26 consecutive patients who met the inclusion criteria and 26 healthy age- and sex-matched healthy adults. Peripapillary RNFL thickness was measured by spectral domain optical coherence tomography., Results: The average peripapillary RNFL thickness was significantly thinner for GGE patients (98.61 μm) than for healthy controls (104.77 μm) (p = 0.016). Similar results were obtained for the left eye. The peripapillary RFNL thickness of all quadrants was lower for GGE patients than for healthy controls, but it was significant only in the superior (p = 0.009) and inferior (p = 0.024) quadrants for both eyes., Conclusions: Our results suggest that the peripapillary RNFL is significantly thinner in GGE patients than in healthy participants. We concluded that this microstructural feature might be an intrinsic feature of GGE., (Copyright © 2019 British Epilepsy Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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