Steroid-responsive optic neuropathy in a patient with Tolosa-Hunt syndrome: Electrophysiologic findings

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 341-346

  Yamamoto, Shuichi ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SAKURA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optic neuropathy; Painful ophthalmoplegia; Pattern electroretinogram; Tolosahunt syndrome; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; TOLOSA HUNT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0030319694     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02584087     Document Type: Article

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