Autoimmune optic neuropathy as the first manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus

We described a 35 years old female patient with bilateral visual loss and pain on eye movement, mild papillary edema in acute phase, arcuate scotoma and complementary test positive for antinuclear antibodies that did not respond to corticosteroid therapy. The lack of clinical criteria for systemic l...

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Main Authors: Maria Helena Lopes Amigo, Emmanuel Casotti Duque de Bárbara, Wagner Ghirelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia 2012-04-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-72802012000200006&lng=en&tlng=en