Table 2. Diagnostic practices of ophthalmologists and neurologists who saw at least 1 patient with optic neuritis per year^*.

	Ophthalmologists n=116				Neurologists n=102
	All	Most	Some	None	All	Most	Some	None	p value**
Would recommend a lumbar puncture	2%	5%	15%	78%	4%	6%	52%	38%	p<0.01
Would obtain an initial MRI	54%	20%	15%	11%	72%	23%	5%	0%	p<0.01
	>1/year	Yearly	<1/year	Never	>1/year	Yearly	<1/year	Never
Would recommend follow up MRI	3%	15%	24%	58%	11%	20%	37%	32%	p<0.01

^*Survey questions regarding diagnosis and treatment were only filled out by ophthalmologists and neurologists who saw at least 1 patient with optic neuritis per year.

^**p values refer to the significance of the difference between the responses of ophthalmologists and neurologists.