Trans‐synaptic axonal degeneration in the visual pathway in multiple sclerosis

To evaluate the association between the damage to the anterior and posterior visual pathway as evidence of the presence of retrograde and anterograde trans‐synaptic degeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS).

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