Management of traumatic optic neuropathy

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-75

  Levin, Leonard A ^a   Baker, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE SHEATH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037337869     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200303000-00013     Document Type: Review

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