Monocular visual loss in a patient undergoing cisplatin chemotherapy

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 301-304

  Gonzalez, Francisco ^a   Menendez, Dolores ^a   Gomez Ulla, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cisplatin; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GEMCITABINE; ONDANSETRON; PACLITAXEL; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; MONOCULAR VISION; NAUSEA; NEURITIS; RADIATION BEAM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CISPLATIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 0346458937     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:INTE.0000006763.61637.7e     Document Type: Article

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