Early high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone is effective in preserving retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in patients with neuromyelitis optica.

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Published in Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol on March 19, 2010

Authors

Masahiko Nakamura1, Toru Nakazawa, Hiroshi Doi, Takehiro Hariya, Kazuko Omodaka, Tatsuro Misu, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Kazuo Fujihara, Kohji Nishida

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan. manakamura@oph.med.tohoku.ac.jp

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