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Ophthalmic Manifestations Associated with Multiple Sclerosis

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Multiple sclerosis is a chronic progressive neurological disorder characterized by demyelination. Ocular involvement and uveitis may occur during the course of the disease and may have a waxing and waning course. Often, ocular manifestations may be the presenting features of the disease. For an ophthalmologist, the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis may be challenging based on ocular features alone. While most patients have excellent visual recovery, some may progress to permanent visual loss due to its severe debilitating sequelae. In the following chapter, important ophthalmic manifestations in patients with multiple sclerosis are highlighted.

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  1. Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985540 Nebraska Medical Center, 68198-5540, Omaha, NE, USA

    William R. Rhoades, Mohamed Soliman, Sachin Kedar & Quan Dong Nguyen

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut University, Assuit, Egypt

    Mohamed Soliman

  3. Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

    Sachin Kedar, Rana K. Zabad & Neil Jouvenat

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

    Aniruddha Agarwal

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

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Rhoades, W.R. et al. (2016). Ophthalmic Manifestations Associated with Multiple Sclerosis. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_89-1

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