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Wikipedia: Optic neuritis

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The English Wikipedia article "Optic neuritis", consulted for facts cited on Medicine Atlas entities.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_neuritis
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Wikipedia: Optic neuritis
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Optic neuritis (ON) is a debilitating condition that is defined as inflammation of cranial nerve II which results in disruption of the neurologic pathways that allow visual sensory information received by the retina to be able to be transmitted to the visual cortex of the brain.
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