Ocular toxicity from ethambutol: A review of four cases and recommended precautions

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1077, 1998, Pages 428-430

  Sivakumaran, P ^a   Harrison, Adrian C ^a   Marschner, Jurgen ^b   Martin, Peter ^b  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG SAFETY; EYE TOXICITY; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETHAMBUTOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032515063     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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