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ReviewBrain : a journal of neurology2015

Vision and vision-related outcome measures in multiple sclerosis.

Laura J Balcer, David H Miller, Stephen C Reingold, Jeffrey A Cohen

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Review in Brain : a journal of neurology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
108citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
13.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

108 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 205 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The effect of optic neuritis attacks on choroidal vascularity index in patients with multiple sclerosis.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2021
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  4. Initial Impairment and Recovery of Vision-Related Functioning in Participants With Acute Optic Neuritis From the RENEW Trial of Opicinumab.Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society · 2019
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  11. Zero-shot medical event prediction using a generative pretrained transformer on electronic health records.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2025
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  15. OCT-Based Retina Assessment Reflects Visual Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025
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  20. Visual recovery after oral high-dose methylprednisolone in acute inflammatory optic neuropathy.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2024
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48 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura J Balcer1 Departments of Neurology, Ophthalmology and Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA.
David H Miller2 Queen Square MS Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
Stephen C Reingold3 Scientific and Clinical Review Associates, LLC, CT 06068, USA.
Jeffrey A Cohen4 Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH 44195, USA cohenj@ccf.org.
Cleveland Clinic · USNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBNew York University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visual impairment is a key manifestation of multiple sclerosis. Acute optic neuritis is a common, often presenting manifestation, but visual deficits and structural loss of retinal axonal and neuronal integrity can occur even without a history of optic neuritis. Interest in vision in multiple sclerosis is growing, partially in response to the development of sensitive visual function tests, structural markers such as optical coherence tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, and quality of life measures that give clinical meaning to the structure-function correlations that are unique to the afferent visual pathway. Abnormal eye movements also are common in multiple sclerosis, but quantitative assessment methods that can be applied in practice and clinical trials are not readily available. We summarize here a comprehensive literature search and the discussion at a recent international meeting of investigators involved in the development and study of visual outcomes in multiple sclerosis, which had, as its overriding goals, to review the state of the field and identify areas for future research. We review data and principles to help us understand the importance of vision as a model for outcomes assessment in clinical practice and therapeutic trials in multiple sclerosis.

Indexed as

AnimalsDatabases, FactualEye DiseasesHumansMultiple SclerosisVision, OcularVisual Pathwaysclinical trials methodologymultiple sclerosisneuro-ophthalmologyoptic neuritisvision

Identifiers

PMID25433914
PMCPMC4285195
OpenAlexW2105160857

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