Giant cell arteritis causing bilateral sequential anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy - A case report

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-33

  Goh, K Y ^a   Lim, T H ^b  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy; Biopsy; Giant cell arteritis; Intravenous steroid; Temporal artery

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; PREDNISOLONE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0034020694     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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