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Optic neuritis, multiple sclerosis and human leukocyte antigen: results of a 4-year follow-up study.

In the present study the relation between human leukocyte antigen (HLA), optic neuritis (ON) and multiple sclerosis (MS) has been investigated in 56 Iranian patients (46 females and 10 males). HLA-A and -B typing by microlymphocytotoxicity method and HLA-DRB, DQA and DQB by polymerase chain reaction based on sequence specific primers method was performed for the selected patients with ON. The diagnosis of clinically defined MS (CDMS) was confirmed in 15 of them (26.7%) during their follow-up. HLA-A24 was significantly higher in ON patients, whilst A23, A26, and A30 showed a significant decrease in these patients. HLA-A10 and A26 were absent in CDMS patients and A2 and A11 were significantly decreased in ON and CDMS patients. HLA-B5, B51, B38, B27, and B35 were significantly increased in ON patients compared with control subjects. HLA-B44, B16 and B38 alleles were not present in CDMS patients. Regarding DR locus, the frequency of HLA-DRB1*15 and DRB1*04 has been increased in CDMS patients, whilst the frequency of HLA-DRB1*07 and *11 was much higher in ON patients. In DQA region, the most frequent allele in the MS patients was DQA1*0102, which was significantly higher than ON patients, and control group. The frequency of DQA1*0103 was significantly increased in both patients group. In DQB1, the frequency of DQB1*0602 increased significantly in the MS patients. In conclusion existence of common genetic basis for early manifestations of MS could be suggested.

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[Multiple neuritis].

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Management of optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis.

Optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis (MS) are common causes of visual and neurologic dysfunction in young adults. Advances in magnetic resonance imaging, molecular genetics, and neuroimmunology have increased our understanding of the pathophysiology underlying both disorders. Corticosteroids remain the mainstay of treatment of optic neuritis, but alternate dosages and routes of administration are undergoing investigation. The available therapies for MS have expanded, and there is evidence that early intervention is beneficial. Treatments for MS show sustained efficacy, but are not curative, and adjunctive treatments may prove valuable in patients with progressive visual and neurologic disability.

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Multiple sclerosis in childhood: presenting as bilateral optic neuritis.

Multiple sclerosis is a disease of adolescence and middle age. Though rare, it is being increasingly recognized in younger population. We describe two patients in whom multiple sclerosis was diagnosed before 10 years of age. Both patients had bilateral optic neuritis during the course of their illness with partial recovery; other lesions in the neuraxis recovered reasonably well.

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Multiple sclerosis with extensive lesions left hemiplegia, mental dysfunction and retrobulbar neuritis.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is usually diagnosed on the basis of the typical clinical course, with remission and exacerbation in multiple parts of the central nervous system (CNS). Recently, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has made a large contribution to the diagnosis of patients with MS. But it is difficult to make a definite diagnosis due to clinical variability of the disease and variable MRI findings. We report the case of a 26-year-old woman who developed progressive left hemiplegia, mental dysfunction, and had extensive bilateral cerebral white matter lesions diagnosed by brain MRI. Complete recovery from the left hemiplegia followed the use of corticosteroid, and her brain MRI findings also improved after medication. Early in the clinical course it was difficult to differentiate between multiple sclerosis and granulomatous angiitis of the CNS. After recovery from the first episode of left hemiplegia and mental dysfunction, she developed acute visual disturbance five months after her first admission. Readmission followed and her retrobulbar neuritis was successfully treated by methylpredonisolone pulse therapy. In summary, she experienced two episodes of neurological deficit, had left hemiplegia and mental dysfunction associated with multiple lesions in bilateral cerebral white matter in brain MRI, and the left retrobulbar neuritis with delay of P100 by visual evoked potential study. Due to these two episodes we concluded that she had multiple sclerosis. Though the initial diagnosis was difficult, prompt treatment and close follow-up was important, since multiple sclerosis and granulomatous angiitis of the CNS can both recur.

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Visual-evoked response differentiation of ischemic optic neuritis from the optic neuritis of multiple sclerosis.

Fifteen patients with ischemic optic neuritis studied electrophysiologically had a characteristic change of marked reduction in the amplitude of the visual-evoked response even when loss of vision was moderate. The optic neuritis of multiple sclerosis rarely produced this change. Occasionally, small increases in the latent period of the visual-evoked response were recorded from the patients with ischemic optic neuritis. The optic neuritis of multiple sclerosis usually produced significant increases in the latent period. When the normal nerve was tested in patients with ischemic optic neuritis, the visual evoked response was normal. In patients with optic neuritis of multiple sclerosis, stimulation of the "normal" nerve usually produced an increase in the latent period similar to that seen when the involved nerve was stimulated.

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