A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is a common test doctors use to check for signs of MS in your spinal fluid. But a lumbar puncture on its own isn’t enough to confirm an MS diagnosis. Diagnosing ...

Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammation that damages your optic nerve. It can cause vision loss and pain when you move your eyes. As the inflammation goes away, your symptoms usually get better.

The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for many ...

Optic neuritis (ON), a demyelinating condition of the optic nerve ... Table 1. Laboratory results of lumbar puncture. Serum anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies is 1:100 and Serum ...

OCS-05, an experimental medication that Oculis is developing to treat acute optic neuritis, a common symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) that can lead to vision loss, was well tolerated and ...

OCS-05 demonstrates safety and efficacy in treating acute optic neuritis, receiving FDA IND clearance for clinical development in the U.S. Small sample size of only 36 patients in the Phase 2 ...

Subjects with recent onset of unilateral acute optic neuritis were randomised in the trial. Credit: PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock. Oculis Holding has reported that the randomised Phase II ...

Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2007;3(2):82-94. EBV establishes latency in B lymphocytes, which adopt restricted patterns of EBV gene expression. EBV latency has been classified into three types: type I ...