Unilateral Purtscher-like retinopathy after weight-lifting

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-397

  Kocak, Nilufer ^a,c   Kaynak, S ^a   Kaynak, T ^b   Oner, H F ^a   Cingil, G ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Retina Ophthalmic Research Center   (Turkey)

^c TEAS Lojmanlari Universite   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Purtscher retinopathy; Valsalva maneuver; Weightlifting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURTSCHER LIKE RETINOPATHY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA VEIN; RETINOPATHY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC RETINOPATHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0037981327     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210301300412     Document Type: Article

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