Optic neuropathy in patients using amiodarone

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 696-701

  Purvin, Valerie ^a,c   Kawasaki, Aki ^b   Borruat, Francois Xavier ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

^c MIDWEST EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33646489322     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.5.696     Document Type: Article

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