Ocular Ethambutol Toxicity

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1409-1411

  Melamud, Alex ^b   Kosmorsky, Gregory S ^b   Lee, Michael S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE TOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; SLIT LAMP; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0242318183     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/78.11.1409     Document Type: Article

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