Ophthalmology

Neuro-immunology

Questions discussed in this category

What criteria do you use to decide the duration of IV steroids in patients with optic neuritis?

Is it necessary to do a taper afterward and what would be the recommended tapering schedule/duration?

1 Answer available

What baseline visual testing, if any, do you recommend at diagnosis for patients with multiple sclerosis who deny visual complaints?

1 Answer available

How do you use optical coherence tomography in the diagnosis and management of patients with multiple sclerosis and related diseases?

2 Answers available

How do you approach tapering immunosuppression in a patient with a history of Susac Syndrome who has stabilized on MMF and IVIG?

1 Answer available

How do you approach the management of patients with one clinical demyelinating event and MOG+ antibody status?

Do you wait for a second clinical event or start immunomodulatory therapy right away?

3 Answers available

How do you approach the management of acute attacks of MOGAD-associated optic neuritis?

Specifically, what do you do if there is minimal improvement with IV steroids and/or IVIG?

2 Answers available

Which method do you prefer to assess for stigmata of old optic neuropathy?

Ex. optical coherence tomography, visual-evoked potentials

1 Answer available

What is your steroid-sparing agent of choice to treat GCA given the current tocilizumab shortage?

Thoughts on sarilumab vs methotrexate, or just treat with steroids alone

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Mult Scler Relat Disord, 2020 Dec 16

Interleukin-6 inhibition with tocilizumab for relapsing MOG-IgG associated disorder (MOGAD): A case-series and review.

Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation, 2017-07

Optical coherence tomography and visual evoked potentials in pediatric MS.

J Med Life,

Optical coherence tomography versus visual evoked potentials in detecting subclinical visual impairment in multiple sclerosis.

J Clin Neurol, 2018 Feb 28

Optical Coherence Tomography versus Visual Evoked Potentials for Detecting Visual Pathway Abnormalities in Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder.

Mult Scler, 2014 Mar 03

Optical coherence tomography and visual evoked potentials: which is more sensitive in multiple sclerosis?

Mult Scler Relat Disord, 2016 Dec 23

Sensitivity of visual evoked potentials and spectral domain optical coherence tomography in early relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.

N Engl J Med,

Trial of Tocilizumab in Giant-Cell Arteritis.

Lancet, 2016 Mar 04

Tocilizumab for induction and maintenance of remission in giant cell arteritis: a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Arthritis Rheum,

Adjunctive methotrexate for treatment of giant cell arteritis: an individual patient data meta-analysis.

Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2008 Jul

Treatment of acute optic neuritis: a summary of findings from the optic neuritis treatment trial.

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