Table 4. Characteristics of patients receiving plasma exchange therapy.
Total (n = 12) | T2 lesion (n = 10) | Gd+ (n = 7) | |
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Isolated ON | 2 (16.7%) | 1 (10.0%) | 1 (14.3%) |
Clinically isolated syndrome | 3 (25.0%) | 2 (20.0%) | 2 (28.6%) |
Definite multiple sclerosis (2010 revision of the McDonald criteria) | 7 (58.3%) | 7 (70.0%) | 4 (57.1%) |
Swanton positive | 6 (50.0%) | 6 (60.0%) | 5 (71.4%) |
Swanton negative | 6 (50.0%) | 4 (40.0%) | 2 (28.6%) |
Mean visual acuity pre treatment | 0.22 ± 0.10 SEM | 0.16 ± 0.08 SEM | 0.11 ± 0.04 SEM |
Mean visual acuity post treatment | 0.53 ± 0.07 SEM | 0.24 ± 0.07 SEM | 0.22 ± 0.06 SEM |
Mean VEP P100 latency of affected eye pre treatment | 104.9 ms ± 15.9 SEM | 103.2 ms ± 17.4 SEM | 131.6 ms ± 2.9 SEM |
Mean VEP P100 amplitude of affected eye pre treatment | 2.3 µV ± 0.6 SEM | 2.1 µV ± 0.7 SEM | 2.4 µV ± 0.8 SEM |
Mean VEP P100 latency of affected eye post treatment | 123.0 ms ± 4.5 SEM | 125.0 ms ± 4.8 SEM | 124.5 ms ± 7.3 SEM |
Mean VEP P100 amplitude of affected eye post treatment | 4.8 µV ± 1.2 SEM | 5.3 µV ± 1.4 SEM | 6.1 µV ± 1.8 SEM |