Acute bilateral blindness caused by accidental methanol intoxication during fire "eating" [3]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1064-1065

  Cursiefen, Claus ^a   Bergua, A ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; METHANOL;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; BASAL GANGLION; BLINDNESS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FIRE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; METHANOL POISONING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; METHANOL;

EID: 0036723966     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.9.1064     Document Type: Letter

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