Traumatic optic neuropathy

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 340-342

  Steinsapir, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIRILAZAD;

BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PROTECTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES;

EID: 0032720695     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199910000-00011     Document Type: Review

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