Positron emission tomography scan in cortical visual loss in patients with organophosphate intoxication

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1287-1291

  Wang, An Guor ^a,b   Liu, Ren Shyan ^a,b   Liu, Jorn Hon ^a,b   Teng, Michael Mu Huo ^a,b   Yen, May Yung ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; MEVINPHOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PRALIDOXIME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTOXICATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033504023     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00710-1     Document Type: Article

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