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Early alpha-lipoic acid therapy protects from degeneration of the inner retinal layers and vision loss in an experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis-optic neuritis model.

Michael DietrichNiklas HellingAlexander HillaAnnemarie HeskampAndrea IssbernerThomas HildebrandtZippora KohnePatrick KüryCarsten BerndtOrhan AktasDietmar FischerHans-Peter HartungPhilipp Albrecht
Published in: Journal of neuroinflammation (2018)
A prophylactic LA treatment is necessary to protect from visual loss and retinal thinning in EAE-ON, suggesting that a clinical ON trial starting therapy after the onset of symptoms may not be successful.
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