Acute blindness and putaminal necrosis in methanol intoxication

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-84

  Önder, Feyza ^a,d   Ilker, Sami ^b   Kansu, Tülay ^c   Tatar, Tamer ^b   Kural, Gülcan ^a  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Methanol intoxication; Optic neuropathy; Putaminal necrosis

Indexed keywords

METHANOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN NECROSIS; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DEATH; HUMAN; MALE; METHANOL POISONING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PUTAMEN; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLINDNESS; COLOR PERCEPTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; OPTIC ATROPHY; OPTIC DISK; PUTAMEN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032322769     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006173526927     Document Type: Article

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