Bilateral retinal occlusion progressing to long-lasting blindness in severe preeclampsia

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 940-942

  Lara Torre, Eduardo ^a   Lee, Michael S ^a   Wolf, Melissa A ^a   Shah, Dinesh M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION;

EID: 0036855844     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-200211000-00019     Document Type: Article

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