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. 2015 Jan 30;10(1):e0113961. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113961

Table 4. Characteristics of patients receiving plasma exchange therapy.

Total (n = 12) T2 lesion (n = 10) Gd+ (n = 7)
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