Visual loss despite anticoagulation in radiation-induced optic neuropathy [4]

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-335

  Danesh Meyer, Helen V ^a,b   Savino, Peter J ^b   Sergott, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Optic neuropathy; Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM; OXYGEN; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN RADIATION; CASE REPORT; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIMETRY; RADIATION INJURY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; BLINDNESS; BRAIN TUMOR; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLINDNESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 3142514578     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00825.x     Document Type: Letter

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