Transient acute myopia induced by antilymphocyte globulins

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-134

  Milea, Dan ^a   Zech, Christophe ^a   Dumontet, Charles ^b   Coiffier, Bertrand ^b   Trepsat, Christiane ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Acute myopia; Antilymphocyte globulins; Ciliary spasm; Myopia, drug induced, transient

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY BODY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE SPASM; MYOPIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; CILIARY BODY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MYOPIA; SPASM;

EID: 0033007229     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027406     Document Type: Article

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