Ocular manifestations of remote lighning strike

Retina

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 808-810

  Lee, Michael S ^a,b,c   Gunton, Kammi B ^a,b,c   Fischer, David H ^a,b,c   Brucker, Alexander J ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INJURY; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; MALE; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA MACULOPATHY; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0036901305     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200212000-00023     Document Type: Article

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