Optic neuropathy following an altitude exposure

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 985-989

  Steigleman, Allan ^a   Butler, Frank ^b   Chhoeu, Austin ^c   O'Malley, Timothy ^d   Bower, Eric ^d   Giebner, Stephen ^c  

^a Navy Experimental Diving Unit   (United States)

^b Naval Special Warfare Command   (United States)

^c Naval Operational Medicine Institute   (United States)

^d Naval Hospital Pensacola   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; OXYMETAZOLINE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR VISION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; ETHMOID SINUS; EYE PAIN; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOBARISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; SINUSITIS; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALTITUDE; AVIATION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041836237     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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