Pediatric Neurology
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 42-45 , July 2004

Clinical characteristics of Japanese children with optic neuritis

  • Atsushi Mizota, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department ofOcular Oncology, Chiba, Japan
    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    • Research Center for Frontier Medical Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to:Dr. Mizota; Department of Opthalmology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, 2-1-1 Tomioka, Urayasu, 279-0021, Japan
    • ,
  • Miyoko Niimura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    • ,
  • Emiko Adachi-Usami, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Received 29 July 2003 ,Accepted 25 November 2003.

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PII: S0887-8994(04)00031-1

doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2003.11.011

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 42-45 , July 2004

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