Pulmonary hypertension and diffuse macular edema responsive to acetazolamide

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1535-1536

  Hammond, Christopher J ^a,b   Chauhan, Devinder S ^a   Stanford, Miles S ^a  

^a St ThomasHospital ^*

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SCLERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACULA LUTEA; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY; UVEAL DISEASES;

EID: 0031743082     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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