Ophthalmic manifestations in 18 patients with botulism diagnosed in Porto, Portugal between 1998 and 2003

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 262-267

  Penas, Susana C ^a   Faria, Olinda M ^a   Serrão, Rosário ^a   Capão Filipe, João A ^a   Mota Miranda, António ^a   Falcão Reis, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLURRED VISION; BOTULISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER; ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTROL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOTULISM; CHILD; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33644876755     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wno.0000189828.46763.08     Document Type: Review

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