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Arch Ophthalmol. 2003;121:1039-1040.

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THE INVESTMENT of the National Eye Institute in the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial¹ continues to pay dividends. In this issue of the ARCHIVES, the Optic Neuritis Study Group² reports on the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) after an attack of isolated optic neuritis. This issue is of great importance to patients and physicians and, as the authors acknowledge, has been addressed in prior studies, some of which yielded similar results. However, with its impressive number of subjects, high retention rate, prospective design, standardized procedures, and well-defined criteria, the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial has produced results that will likely be influential.

The Optic Neuritis Study Group provides 10- to 13-year follow-up on a cohort of patients who had experienced an attack of acute optic neuritis unaccompanied by other clinical evidence of MS. Follow-up was available on 87% of the original 388 patients, a remarkable achievement in itself. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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