Simultaneous occurrence of neuroretinitis and optic perineuritis in a single eye

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-27

  Wals, Kenneth T ^a   Ansari, Husam ^a   Kiss, Szilard ^a   Langton, Kevin ^a   Silver, A John ^b   Odel, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION; EDEMA; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEURITIS; NEURORETINITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC PERINEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; ORBIT; RETINITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037337460     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200303000-00006     Document Type: Article

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