Corticosteroids for treating optic neuritis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Optic neuritis is an inflammatory disease of the optic nerve. It occurs more commonly in women than in men. Usually presenting with an abrupt loss of vision, recovery of vision is almost never complete. Closely linked in pathogenesis to multiple sclerosis, it may be the initial manifestation for this condition. In certain patients, no underlying cause can be found.

Objectives

To assess the effects of corticosteroids on visual recovery of patients with acute optic neuritis.

Search methods

We searched CENTRAL (which contains the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group Trials Register) (The Cochrane Library 2012, Issue 1), MEDLINE (January 1950 to February 2012), EMBASE (January 1980 to February 2012), Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS)

SUBMITTER: Gal RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4269246 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature