Purtscher's disease. Case report of a rare ocular complication following thoracic compression injury;Das purtscher-syndrom. Fallbeispiel einer seltenen okulären komplikation nach thoraxkompressionstrauma

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Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-169

  Schenk, C ^a   Holak, H ^b   Holak, N ^b   Olinger, A ^a  

^a Klinikum Salzgitter GmbH   (Germany)

^b R Virchow Ärztehaus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiopathia retinae traumatica; Purtscher flecken; Purtscher's retinopathy; Purtscher's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPASTIC RETINOPATHY; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RETINA INJURY; RETINOPATHY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; RARE DISEASES; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETINAL VESSELS; SYNDROME; THORACIC INJURIES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 15444379019     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-004-0860-5     Document Type: Article

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