The Correlation between Aquaporin-4 Antibody and the Visual Function of Patients with Demyelinating Optic Neuritis at Onset

Hui Yang; Wei Qiu; Xiujuan Zhao; Wei Xiao; Shaofen Lin; Yan Luo; Lin Lu

doi:10.1155/2015/672931

Journal of Ophthalmology (Jan 2015)

The Correlation between Aquaporin-4 Antibody and the Visual Function of Patients with Demyelinating Optic Neuritis at Onset

Hui Yang,
Wei Qiu,
Xiujuan Zhao,
Wei Xiao,
Shaofen Lin,
Yan Luo,
Lin Lu

Affiliations

Hui Yang: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
Wei Qiu: Department of Neurology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China
Xiujuan Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
Wei Xiao: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
Shaofen Lin: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
Yan Luo: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
Lin Lu: State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/672931
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2015

Abstract

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ON patients with AQP4-Ab seropositivity tend to be predominantly female and young and have worse visual acuity and more severe damage to their visual fields compared with AQP4-Ab seronegativity.

Published in Journal of Ophthalmology

ISSN: 2090-004X (Print); 2090-0058 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Ophthalmology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/3846

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