Reversible blindness associated with alcoholic ketoacidosis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 775-777

  Yanagawa, Youichi ^a,b   Kiyozumi, Teturou ^a   Hatanaka, Kousuke ^a   Itoh, Toshitaka ^a   Sakamoto, Toshihisa ^a   Okada, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALCOHOL; BICARBONATE; DOPAMINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; KETOACIDOSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BLINDNESS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPINEPHRINE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; KETOSIS; MALE; SHOCK; SODIUM BICARBONATE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 1842504249     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00909-7     Document Type: Article

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