Transient cortical blindness following vincristine therapy

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 470-

  Schouten, Diana ^a   De Graaf, Siebold S N ^a   Verrips, Aad ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Transient cortical blindness; Vincristine toxicity

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DOXORUBICIN; GADOLINIUM; MAGNESIUM; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0141960319     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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