Postoperative reversal of complete (monocular) blindness in skull base meningioma: Case report

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-74

  Bampoe, Joseph ^a   Ranalli, Paul ^a   Bernstein, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MONOCULAR VISION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0037303719     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100002481     Document Type: Article

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