Walsh & Hoyt: Optic Neuritis in Children

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Identifier wh_ch6_p331
Title Walsh & Hoyt: Optic Neuritis in Children
Creator Craig H. Smith MD
Affiliation Swedish Medical Center-Cherry Hill
Subject Optic Nerve Diseases; Optic Neuritis; Multiple Sclerosis; Inflammation; Children; Idiopathic Optic Neuritis; Idiopathic Optic Neuritis
Description Optic neuritis in children has several unique characteristics that distinguish it from optic neuritis in adults. First, it is more often anterior. Second, it is more often a bilateral simultaneous condition. Third, it often seems to occur within 12 weeks after a known or presumedviral infection. Fourth, it is less often associatedwith the development of MS. Finally, it is often steroidsensitive andsteroidd ependent.
Date 2005
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition
Relation is Part of Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_whts
ID 185721
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xq0dc1