Amiodarone-induced bilateral opticusneuropathy - A case report;Amiodaron-induzierte bilaterale optikusneuropathie. Eine kasuistik

Nervenarzt

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 560-565

  Gobbele R ^a   Dahlke, C ^a   Mull, M ^a   Schwarz, M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Papillopathy; Toxic optic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AMIODARONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPTIC ATROPHY; PAPILLEDEMA; PERIMETRY; PREDNISOLONE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032912965     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050481     Document Type: Article

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