Claire Howard

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: Neuro-Ophthalmology

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Do patients with prolactinomas using dopamine agonist drugs have autonomic dysfunction?

1 December 2022 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Prolactinoma, cabergoline, dopamine, dynamic pupillary response, static pupillary response

This prospective study aimed to determine whether there is autonomic dysfunction in patients with prolactinomas using dopamine agonist (DA) drugs by measuring static and dynamic pupillary responses using an automatic pupillometric device.Included were 25 eyes from 25 patients who were...

Visual prognosis in Irish Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy

1 December 2022 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy, idebenone, inherited optic neuropathy, mtDNA, ophthalmic genetics, optic atrophy

Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is an inherited optic neuropathy This paper presents a retrospective review of clinical data from patients with LHON presenting to an Irish tertiary referral ophthalmic hospital. Clinical and genetic characteristics were assessed for useful biomarkers...

Transient thickening of the macular retinal nerve fibre layer in acute optic neuritis

1 December 2022 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Optic neuritis, axonal degeneration, neurofilament protein, retina, tissue

Acute optic neuritis (ON) causes axonal degeneration, which can be quantified from the blood by neurofilament protein (Nf) levels. Within about three months, atrophy of the retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) follows. However, it remains challenging to explain why there...