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Clinical outcomes of optic neuritis: A retrospective study at a tertiary medical center in Saudi Arabia

Yousra M. Alturki, Hala T. Jawa, Ghidaa A. Alghamdi, Teyf M. Althubiani, Mohammed T. Bakhsh, Hassan M. Alqurashi, Ahmed A. Imam, Yaser M. Elhams, Ahmed R. Algethami, Omar M. Babateen and Abdullah A. Tawakul
Neurosciences Journal October 2024, 29 (4) 224-230; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2024.4.20230119
Yousra M. Alturki
From the College of Medicine (Alturki, Jawa, Alghamdi, Althubiani, Bakhsh, Alqurashi), Department of Internal Medicine (Imam), Department of ophthalmology and ENT (Elhams), Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Eye Center (Algethami), Department of Physiology (Babateen), Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, and from the Department of Neurology (Tawakul), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Al-Abdia Main Campus, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hala T. Jawa
From the College of Medicine (Alturki, Jawa, Alghamdi, Althubiani, Bakhsh, Alqurashi), Department of Internal Medicine (Imam), Department of ophthalmology and ENT (Elhams), Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Eye Center (Algethami), Department of Physiology (Babateen), Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, and from the Department of Neurology (Tawakul), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Al-Abdia Main Campus, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ghidaa A. Alghamdi
From the College of Medicine (Alturki, Jawa, Alghamdi, Althubiani, Bakhsh, Alqurashi), Department of Internal Medicine (Imam), Department of ophthalmology and ENT (Elhams), Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Eye Center (Algethami), Department of Physiology (Babateen), Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, and from the Department of Neurology (Tawakul), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Al-Abdia Main Campus, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Teyf M. Althubiani
From the College of Medicine (Alturki, Jawa, Alghamdi, Althubiani, Bakhsh, Alqurashi), Department of Internal Medicine (Imam), Department of ophthalmology and ENT (Elhams), Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Eye Center (Algethami), Department of Physiology (Babateen), Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, and from the Department of Neurology (Tawakul), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Al-Abdia Main Campus, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed T. Bakhsh
From the College of Medicine (Alturki, Jawa, Alghamdi, Althubiani, Bakhsh, Alqurashi), Department of Internal Medicine (Imam), Department of ophthalmology and ENT (Elhams), Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Eye Center (Algethami), Department of Physiology (Babateen), Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, and from the Department of Neurology (Tawakul), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Al-Abdia Main Campus, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hassan M. Alqurashi
From the College of Medicine (Alturki, Jawa, Alghamdi, Althubiani, Bakhsh, Alqurashi), Department of Internal Medicine (Imam), Department of ophthalmology and ENT (Elhams), Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Eye Center (Algethami), Department of Physiology (Babateen), Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, and from the Department of Neurology (Tawakul), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Al-Abdia Main Campus, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed A. Imam
From the College of Medicine (Alturki, Jawa, Alghamdi, Althubiani, Bakhsh, Alqurashi), Department of Internal Medicine (Imam), Department of ophthalmology and ENT (Elhams), Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Eye Center (Algethami), Department of Physiology (Babateen), Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, and from the Department of Neurology (Tawakul), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Al-Abdia Main Campus, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Yaser M. Elhams
From the College of Medicine (Alturki, Jawa, Alghamdi, Althubiani, Bakhsh, Alqurashi), Department of Internal Medicine (Imam), Department of ophthalmology and ENT (Elhams), Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Eye Center (Algethami), Department of Physiology (Babateen), Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, and from the Department of Neurology (Tawakul), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Al-Abdia Main Campus, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed R. Algethami
From the College of Medicine (Alturki, Jawa, Alghamdi, Althubiani, Bakhsh, Alqurashi), Department of Internal Medicine (Imam), Department of ophthalmology and ENT (Elhams), Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Eye Center (Algethami), Department of Physiology (Babateen), Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, and from the Department of Neurology (Tawakul), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Al-Abdia Main Campus, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Omar M. Babateen
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Abdullah A. Tawakul
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