Chiasmal infarction and sudden blindness caused by mucormycosis in AIDS and diabetes mellitus

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 895-896

  Lee, B L ^a   Holland, G N ^a   Glasgow, B J ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASILAR ARTERY; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 0029849241     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(14)70392-7     Document Type: Article

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