Acute myopia induced by topiramate: Report of a case and review of the literature

Neurology India

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 108-109

  Bhattacharyya, Kalyan B ^a,b   Basu, S ^a  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute angle closure glaucoma; Acute myopia; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; FLUNARIZINE; TOPIRAMATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MIGRAINE; MYOPIA; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; REVIEW;

EID: 17444417795     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.15074     Document Type: Review

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