Visual field profile of optic neuritis: a final follow-up report from the optic neuritis treatment trial from baseline through 15 years.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate visual field abnormalities after an episode of optic neuritis among participants in the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial.

Methods

Three readers independently evaluated 10 443 visual fields from 454 patients and classified visual field abnormalities into 21 different monocular categories representing 3 general types of visual loss: diffuse, localized, and artifactual. Classification frequency was determined and reader agreement was evaluated. The association of visual field abnormality classifications with mean deviation, pattern standard deviation, visual acuity, and foveal threshold was assessed.

Results

At baseline, diffuse loss accounted for 66.2% of the abnormalities in the affected eyes but only 6.2% of the abnormalities in the fellow eyes. Du

SUBMITTER: Keltner JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4107874 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature