Optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis association
Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects more than 2 million people worldwide. Lithuania has a high prevalence of multiple sclerosis. Optic neuritis (ON) occurs in 70% of patients with MS and it may be the initial presenting symptom in 25% of MS cases. Typical ON is often associated with MS due to the predo...
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| author | L. Matukynaitė G. Repšytė R. Liutkevičienė R. Balnytė |
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects more than 2 million people worldwide. Lithuania has a high prevalence of multiple sclerosis. Optic neuritis (ON) occurs in 70% of patients with MS and it may be the initial presenting symptom in 25% of MS cases. Typical ON is often associated with MS due to the predominant inflammation and demyelination processes in the brain leading to axonal loss. The close relation between these two conditions in etiology and pathogenesis is a key to finding the earliest and the most accurate diagnostic possibilities, which is linked to a better understanding of the ongoing mechanisms. Moreover, it would undoubtedly allow to target treatment better which would result in more favourable outcomes for the patient. The development and application of ON diagnostic tests in confirming MS may be of particular significance in early diagnostic.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d0b9f5d2cf004bf485ef464cf5c6ed802025-01-20T18:22:40ZengVilnius University PressNeurologijos seminarai1392-30642424-59172020-09-01243(85)10.29014/ns.2020.27Optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis associationL. Matukynaitė 0G. Repšytė 1R. Liutkevičienė 2R. Balnytė3Lithuanian University of Health SciencesLithuanian University of Health SciencesLithuanian University of Health SciencesLithuanian University of Health Sciences Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects more than 2 million people worldwide. Lithuania has a high prevalence of multiple sclerosis. Optic neuritis (ON) occurs in 70% of patients with MS and it may be the initial presenting symptom in 25% of MS cases. Typical ON is often associated with MS due to the predominant inflammation and demyelination processes in the brain leading to axonal loss. The close relation between these two conditions in etiology and pathogenesis is a key to finding the earliest and the most accurate diagnostic possibilities, which is linked to a better understanding of the ongoing mechanisms. Moreover, it would undoubtedly allow to target treatment better which would result in more favourable outcomes for the patient. The development and application of ON diagnostic tests in confirming MS may be of particular significance in early diagnostic. https://www.journals.vu.lt/neurologijos_seminarai/article/view/27725optic neuritismultiple sclerosis |
| spellingShingle | L. Matukynaitė G. Repšytė R. Liutkevičienė R. Balnytė Optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis association Neurologijos seminarai optic neuritis multiple sclerosis |
| title | Optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis association |
| title_full | Optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis association |
| title_fullStr | Optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis association |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis association |
| title_short | Optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis association |
| title_sort | optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis association |
| topic | optic neuritis multiple sclerosis |
| url | https://www.journals.vu.lt/neurologijos_seminarai/article/view/27725 |
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