Transorbital ultrasonography for measuring optic nerve atrophy in multiple sclerosis.

Antonio Candeliere MerliccoL Gabaldón TorresR Villaverde GonzálezI Fernández RomeroE Aparicio CastroM C Lastres Arias

Published in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica (2018)

The thickness of ON measured with TOS is correlated with EDSS and the duration of the disease without being interfered by the previous history of optic neuritis. TOS could be a reliable technique for measuring ON atrophy in MS.

Keyphrases

optic nerve
multiple sclerosis
optical coherence tomography
white matter
magnetic resonance imaging
mass spectrometry
computed tomography