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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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The toxic optic neuropathies. [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1974
As is common knowledge, there is an argument as to whether or not the toxic radical cyanide is an important aetiological agent responsible for the development of some of the conditions grouped under the term toxic amblyopia. There are arguments and counterarguments, and it would appear useful at this stage to state the evidence for and against cyanide ...
W S, Foulds, I A, Chisholm, A R, Pettigrew   +2 more
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Adverse reactions of amiodarone [PDF]

, 2019
Adverse drug reaction is defined by the World Health Organization as any response to a drug that is noxious and unintended and occurs at a dose normally used in man.
Calvosa, Leonardo, Ciacciarelli, Marco, Colunga Biancatelli, Ruben Ml, Congedo, Viviana, Iuliano, Luigi, Polidoro, Alessandro   +5 more
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Anatomic and Functional Effects of Systemic Corticosteroids for Treating Toxic Optic Neuropathy Due to Methanol Intoxication

İstanbul Medical Journal, 2022
Introduction:The aim of this study was to examine the anatomical and functional effects of high-dose intravenous steroids for toxic optic neuropathy due to methanol intoxication.Methods:In this retrospective study, we demonstrated six cases of toxic ...
Pınar Sultan, Hülya Güngel, Furkan Çiftci   +2 more
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Ethambutol toxicity: Expert panel consensus for the primary prevention, diagnosis and management of ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021
Ethambutol use may lead to permanent vision loss by inducing a dose- and duration-dependent optic neuropathy. This has been of concern to ophthalmologists and physicians both; however, ethambutol continues to be used because of its anti-mycobacterial ...
Rohit Saxena, Digvijay Singh, Swati Phuljhele, V Kalaiselvan, Satya Karna, Rashmin Gandhi, Anupam Prakash, Rakesh Lodha, Anant Mohan, Vimla Menon, Rajeev Garg   +10 more
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Oxidative Stress in Optic Neuropathies

Antioxidants, 2021
Increasing evidence indicates that changes in the redox system may contribute to the pathogenesis of multiple optic neuropathies. Optic neuropathies are characterized by the neurodegeneration of the inner-most retinal neurons, the retinal ganglion cells (
Berta Sanz-Morello, Hamid Ahmadi, Rupali Vohra, Sarkis Saruhanian, Kristine Karla Freude, Steffen Hamann, Miriam Kolko   +6 more
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A Female Patient with Down Syndrome and Low-Penetrance Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. [PDF]

, 2014
We present the case of a 19-year-old female with a history of Down syndrome (DS) who was referred to our neuro-ophthalmology clinic for evaluation of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON).
Frousiakis, Starleen E, Karanjia, Rustum, Pouw, Andrew E, Sadun, Alfredo A   +3 more
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Neurotoxicity [PDF]

, 2014
Neurotoxicity refers to the direct or indirect effect of chemicals that disrupt the nervous system of humans or animals. Numerous chemicals can produce neurotoxic diseases in humans, and many more are used as experimental tools to disturb or damage the ...
Brust, Creeley, Feldman, Grandjean, Herken, Panzica, Parent, Pessah, Rice, Román, Spencer, Spencer, Tu, Vinken, Yasui, Zawia   +15 more
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Bitemporal peripapillary hemorrhages: Toxic-ischemic optic neuropathy caused by ethanol and cocaine abuse

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2022
A 36-year-old man presented complaining of bilateral painless vision loss. He was admitted with chronic ethanol abuse, as well as sporadic cocaine consumption three days before symptom onset.
R. Burggraaf-Sánchez de las Matas, M.L. Sandino-Pérez   +1 more
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Ethambutol induced toxic optic neuropathy in HIV positive patients [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
AIM:To determine whether HIV and the use of antiretroviral therapy is a risk factor for the development of ethambutol toxic optic neuropathy. To describe the clinical course of ethambutol toxic optic neuropathy in patients with HIV and to identify ...
Hamzah Mustak, Graeme Rogers, Colin Cook
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