Optic neuritis with residual tunnel vision in perchloroethylene toxicity

European Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-53

  Onofrj, Marco ^a,c   Thomas, Astrid ^a   Paci, Cristina ^a   D'Andreamatteo, Giordano ^a   Toma, Lucia ^a   Rotilio, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*  (Italy)

^c Ospedale Clinicizzato SS Annunziata   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; GADOLINIUM; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLEANING; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

CHLOROFORM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUNDERING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPTIC NEURITIS; SOLVENTS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032896231     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007999     Document Type: Article

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