Optic neuropathy from folic acid deficiency without alcohol abuse

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-67

  Hsu, Cynthia T ^a   Miller, Neil R ^a,c   Wray, Misty L ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Folic acid; Nutritional deficiency; Optic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEPRESSION; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; RETROBULBAR OPTIC NEUROPATHY; TOBACCO; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; VISION DISORDERS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0036209390     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048300     Document Type: Article

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