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From: Evaluation of transorbital sonography measures of optic nerve diameter in the context of global and regional brain volume in multiple sclerosis

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Difference of OND between groups. (a) Diameter difference between the HC and MS groups. The diameter of the optic nerve in MS patients was significantly smaller than that of the healthy controls (HC = 3.174 ± 0.376 mm, n = 50; MS = 2.968 ± 0.406 mm, n = 90; p < 0.0178). (b) Diameter difference between the HC, ON and NON groups. The diameters in the ON-NON groups did not differ significantly (ON = 3.113 ± 0.422 mm, n = 31; NON = 2.901 ± 0.384 mm, n = 59; p < 0.089). (c) Diameter difference between the optic nerves that had MRI-detectable lesions within them (Lesion-positive, n = 31) and those that had not (Lesion-negative, n = 59). We found no significant difference between the the two groups.

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