Ocular toxicity of chloroquine among Thai patients

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 934-937

  Puavilai, Siripen ^a,b   Kunavisarut, Skowrat ^a   Vatanasuk, Mongkol ^a   Timpatanapong, Penwadee ^a   Sriwong, Suwitcha T ^a   Janwitayanujit, Suchela ^a   Nantiruj, Kanokrat ^a   Totemchokchyakarn, Kitti ^a   Ruangkanchanasetr, Suwanna ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETINOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033434041     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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