| Popis: |
A FEW years ago the outlook regarding vision for patients with syphilitic primary optic atrophy was generally considered extremely poor, regardless of the type of therapy used. This attitude tends to persist in spite of the gratifying reports by Moore et al.1 and others2 , 3 of unusually successful results with malaria treatment. One of the reasons for pessimism is that there is too often an excessive delay in starting treatment and that, as a result, optic atrophy may progress to blindness before adequate treatment is instituted. This delay often appears to be due to failure to make the proper diagnosis, lack . . . |
