Cortical blindness following coronary angiography

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 604-605

  Kwok, B W K ^a   Lim, T T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adverse reaction; Blindness; Contrast media

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IOVERSOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 0034573376     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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