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A case of bilateral sequential optic neuropathy in a young adult post hemodialysis

Kerala Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021
Ischemic optic neuropathy is a very rare but well-known complication following hemodialysis in patients with chronic kidney disease, It can be potentially blinding when involving both optic nerves and there is no effective established treatment available
Harsha Sameer Pagad, Rishwa Hariyani, Nita U Shanbhag   +2 more
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Risk factors and visual outcome of Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION): Experience of a tertiary center in Kuwait

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background Non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is the most common acute optic neuropathy over the age of 50 years. NAION is commonly associated with systemic vascular risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia) and small cup-to-disc-
R. Behbehani, Abdullah Ali, A. Al-Moosa
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The Benefits and Hazards of Intravitreal Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC) Based-Therapies in the Experimental Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021
Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy has been investigated intensively for many years. However, there is a potential risk related to MSC applications in various cell niches.
Yao-Tseng Wen, Yu-Chieh Ho, Yueh-Chang Lee, D. Ding, Pei-Kang Liu, R. Tsai   +5 more
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The Effects of Two Nrf2 Activators, Bardoxolone Methyl and Omaveloxolone, on Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival during Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

Antioxidants, 2021
Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is one of the most common acute optic neuropathies that affect the over 55-year-old population. NAION causes the loss of visual function, and it has no safe and effective therapy. Bardoxolone methyl
Jia-Ying Chien, Y. Chou, Jhih-Wei Ciou, Fang Liu, Shun-Ping Huang   +4 more
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Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy following COVID-19 Vaccination: Consequence or Coincidence

Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2021
To report a patient with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NA-AION) occurring soon after the COVID-19 vaccination. A 55-year-old woman presented with a 4-day history of inferior visual field disturbance in the right eye 7 days after ...
Rika Tsukii, Yuka Kasuya, S. Makino
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Optic nerve neuropathies – causative factors, methods of diagnostics, current and future possibilities of treatment

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Introduction:  Optic neuropathies are a broad group of diseases in which the dominant disturbance is damage to the optic nerve, often irreversible. Underlying causes of neuropathy are both genetic and environmental.
Joanna Kobak, Magdalena Tyczyńska, Alicja Forma, Iga Dudek, Amr Maani, Patryk Zembala, Jacek Baj   +6 more
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Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a patient with papilledema from idiopathic intracranial hypertension

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2020
Patients may lose vision in idiopathic intracranial hypertension from worsening papilledema and optic nerve dysfunction. Acute vision loss may also occur in this context from anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
Jingyi Ma, Jonathan A. Micieli
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Hyperhomocysteinemia in bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy after conventional coronary artery bypass graft: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background The incidence of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy after coronary artery bypass graft procedures ranges from 1.3 to 0.25%. The mechanisms of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy after cardiovascular procedures remain undefined but many systemic
A. Niro, G. Sborgia, A. Sborgia, G. Alessio   +3 more
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COVID-19 Vaccine-Associated Optic Neuropathy: A Systematic Review of 45 Patients

Vaccines, 2022
We provide a systematic review of published cases of optic neuropathy following COVID-19 vaccination. We used Ovid MEDLINE, PubMed, and Google Scholar.
Ayman G. Elnahry, Mutaz Y. Al-Nawaflh, Aisha A. Gamal Eldin, Omar Solyman, Ahmed B. Sallam, Paul H. Phillips, Abdelrahman M. Elhusseiny   +6 more
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Radial optic neurotomy as a treatment for anterior ischemic optic neuropathy secondary to optic disc drusen

GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2014
[english] Importance: Radial optic neurotomy (RON) was first described by Opremcak as a treatment for patients with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO).
Pinxten, Isabel, Stalmans, Peter
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