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The involvement of antiphospholipid antibodies in the mediation of acute anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (AION) was studied, in the light of recent associations between these autoantibodies and other vascular events. A strong association between IgG anticardiolipin antibodies and AION secondary to biopsy proven giant cell arteritis was identified, which did not exist with the ‘non-arteritic’, biopsy negative form of AION. The possible implications of this finding on the aetiology, diagnosis, and treatment of giant cell arteritis are discussed.
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Watts, M., Greaves, M., Rennie, I. et al. Antiphospholipid antibodies in the aetiology of ischaemic optic neuropathy. Eye 5, 75–79 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1991.15
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