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In bilateral sequential NAION, do you expect any progressive worsening of OCT/VF years from the ischemic event and when would you have these patients evaluated for another progressive optic neuropathy?

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Ophthalmology · University of Oklahoma
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One should not see progressive loss of vision years after the initial insult with NAION. One may see variability in the automated field testing, but it should not be steady progression. OCT should be at its lowest nadir for both rNFL and GCL by 6 months, without further loss beyond age-appropriate c...

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