Sustained visual recovery after treatment with intrathecal methotrexate in a case of optic neuropathy caused by chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-115

  Mowatt, Lizette ^a,b   Matthews, Tim ^a   Anderson, Ioanne ^a,c  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, CHRONIC; METHOTREXATE; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 20344364885     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WNO.0000165104.01237.3F     Document Type: Article

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