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Clinical course of a cohort in the Cuban epidemic optic and peripheral neuropathy.
Neurology - 1 Jan 1997
Mojon D S, Kaufmann P, Odel J G, Lincoff N S, Márquez-Fernandez M, Santiesteban R, Fuentes-Pelier D, Hirano M
Abstract excerpt
Nearly 51,000 Cubans were afflicted during an outbreak of an optic neuropathy (ON) and peripheral neuropathy (PN) between 1991 and 1993. We re-examined 14 of 20 affected individuals 16 months after an initial evaluation. The optic features were painless symmetric vision loss with poor visual acuity, color vision loss, central or cecocentral scotoma, optic disc pallor, and nerve fiber layer drop-out. The...
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