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. 1979 Jul 11;221(1):53-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF00313169.

Erythrocyte unsaturated fatty acid test (E-UFA test): a biological test to detect optic neuritis as initial feature of multiple sclerosis

D Caputo, A Zibetti, A Ghezzi, C L Cazzullo, C Frosio, G Bertoni

Erythrocyte unsaturated fatty acid test (E-UFA test): a biological test to detect optic neuritis as initial feature of multiple sclerosis

D Caputo et al. J Neurol. .

Abstract

Retrobulbar optic neuritis, though suspicious is not always considered as a possible onset of MS. For this reason we submitted to the E-UFA (erythrocyte unsaturated fatty acid) test, 41 subjects who suffered from one or several episodes of retrobulbar optic neuritis with no other neurological signs. The test was positive in 14 subjects (34, 1%).

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