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summary: This study used OCT to look at the thickness of the retinal nerve fibres in the eye in people with progressive types of MS. They found that people with secondary, and to a lesser extent primary, progressive MS had a thinner nerve fibre layer reflecting loss of axons, which is the process thought to cause disability.
authors: Henderson AP, Trip SA, Schlottmann PG, Altmann DR, Garway-Heath DF, Plant GT, Miller DH.
source: Brain. 2007 Dec 4 [Epub ahead of print]
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Axon
Disability
Multiple sclerosis
Nerve
Physical
Sclerosis
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