Methylprednisolone, valacyclovir, or the combination for vestibular neuritis.

Background: Vestibular neuritis is the second most common cause of peripheral vestibular vertigo. Its assumed cause is a reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1 infection. Therefore, corticosteroids, antiviral agents, or a combination of the two might improve the outcome in patients with vestibular neuritis.

Detection of optic neuropathy in glaucomatous eyes with normal standard visual fields using a test battery of short-wavelength automated perimetry and pattern electroretinography.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical use of a test battery of short-wavelength automated perimetry (SWAP), frequency-doubling technology (FDT) perimetry, and pattern-electroretinography (PERG) in patients with definite primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) but normal results on standard automated perimetry (SAP).

Study Design: Prospective, comparative, observational case series.

Participants: Thirty-six patients with POAG with standard visual field defects in one eye and normal standard visual fields in the contralateral eye and 36 normal controls were enrolled.

Association of glaucoma with neurodegenerative diseases with apoptotic cell death: Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

Purpose: To report a possible association of glaucoma with Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

Methods: Retrospective chart review (observational case series). The ophthalmologic charts of 49 patients with Alzheimer's disease and of 38 patients with Parkinson's disease were reviewed to determine the occurrence rate of glaucoma among these patients.