Transient cortical blindness: A complication of bronchial artery embolization

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 983-986

  Liu, S F ^a   Lee, T Y ^a   Wong, S L ^a   Lai, Y F ^a   Lin, A S ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRONCHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

EID: 0031718485     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90205-0     Document Type: Article

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