Purtscher's retinopathy after fracture dislocation of shoulder joint

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 831-832

  Nayak, H ^a,b   Harun, S ^a   Palimar, P ^a  

^a WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOPATHY; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER FRACTURES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 27844588491     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.015503     Document Type: Article

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