Sudden bilateral visual loss in a diabetic man

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 329, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-101

  Florkowski, Aaron R ^a   Golden, Richard ^a   Sooch, Yadavinder ^a   Krishna, Rohit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Department of Ophthalmology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehyde reductase; Cataract; Diabetes; Hexokinase; Hyperglycemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 13844298870     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200502000-00008     Document Type: Article

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