Reversible blindness associated with alcoholic ketoacidosis: Pseudomethanol intoxication

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 597-599

  Feeney, Colin ^a,b   Muller, Marin ^a   Bryzman, Stephen ^a   Nakada, Tsotumu ^a,c  

^a HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Blindness; Ethanol; Horizontal cell; Retina

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BICARBONATE; METHANOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KETOACIDOSIS; METHANOL POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDOSIS; ALCOHOLISM; BLINDNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETONE BODIES; METHANOL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032125982     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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