| Autor: |
Ettore Dolcetti, Fabio Buttari, Antonio Bruno, Federica Azzolini, Luana Gilio, Veronica Di Caprio, Gianluca Lauritano, Angela Borrelli, Giovanni Galifi, Roberto Furlan, Annamaria Finardi, Alessandra Musella, Livia Guadalupi, Georgia Mandolesi, Valentina Rovella, Diego Centonze, Mario Stampanoni Bassi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Neurology, Vol 15 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1664-2295 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fneur.2024.1326506 |
| Popis: |
IntroductionThe visual system is a prominent site of damage in MS since the earliest phases of the disease. Altered low-contrast visual acuity (LCVA) test has been associated with visual impairment and retinal degeneration, predicting medium- and long-term disability. However, it is unclear whether LCVA may also represent a reliable measure of neuroinflammation and a predictor of disease evolution in the very early stages of MS.MethodsWe explored in a group of 76 consecutive newly diagnosed relapsing–remitting MS (RR-MS) patients without visual impairment or altered visual evoked potentials, the association between LCVA scores at 2.5% and 1.25% and clinical characteristics, including prospective disability evaluated after 1- and 2 years of follow-up. Associations between LCVA and the CSF levels of IL-10 at diagnosis were also analyzed.ResultsA negative correlation was found between LCVA at 2.5% and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) evaluated at first (Spearman’s Rho = −0.349, p = 0.005, n = 62) and second year (Spearman’s Rho = −0.418, p |
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