1. Spontaneous Improvement of Visual Acuity in a 13-Year-Old Boy with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder.
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Yamaguchi, Keiko, Hayashi, Takaaki, Kiriyama, Akiko, Iida, Kie, Yoshimine, Shoyo, Masuda, Yoichiro, Shikishima, Keigo, Ariizumi, Mitsuko, Takahashi, Genichiro, and Nakano, Tadashi
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NEUROMYELITIS optica ,VISUAL acuity ,OPTIC neuritis ,DISEASES ,MYELITIS - Abstract
Ophthalmic and MRI evaluations of a 13-year-old boy who reported loss of visual acuity in his right eye demonstrated the presence of unilateral optic neuritis. After serological tests showed positivity for anti-aquaporin 4 antibody, he was diagnosed with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. Encephalopathy and myelitis were not observed. Since his unilateral optic neuritis was considered to reflect mild disease activity, only follow-up observations were performed. Visual acuity and central scotoma improved 1 week after the first examination. In the absence of any specific treatments, good visual acuity has remained for 20 months, with no relapse of optic neuritis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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