Ocular toxicity caused by chloroquine: Case report;Toxicidade ocular causada pela cloroquina: Relato de caso

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-409

  Inada, Eliane Terumi ^a,d   Watanabe, Karina Paula ^a   Tanaka, Sérgio Gustavo ^a   Sakakisbara, Luís Antônio ^b,c  

^a Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

^b Disciplina de Oftalmologia   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case report; Chloroquine adverse effects; Chlroquine toxicity; Drug toxicity; Fundus oculi; Macula lutea; Macular degeneration chemically induced; Retinal diseases chemically induced

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CORNEA OPACITY; EYE REFRACTION; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 28244461556     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492005000300027     Document Type: Review

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