Vasovagal syncope evoked by needle phobia when inserting a contact lens

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-173

  Mimura, Tatsuya ^a   Funatsu, Hideharu ^b   Yamagami, Satoru ^a   Usui, Tomohiko ^a   Ono, Kyoko ^a   Araie, Makoto ^a   Amano, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Needle phobia; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTACT LENS; DIZZINESS; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TREMOR; VOMITING; NEEDLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CONTACT LENSES; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 21244443735     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2005.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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