Poems syndrome: An unusual cause of bilateral optic disk swelling

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 452-454

  Wong, Vincent A ^a   Wade, N Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032167975     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00106-8     Document Type: Article

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