Acute retinal pigment epitheliitis associated with intravenous bisphosphonate

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 798-799

  Gilhotra, J S ^a   Gilhotra, A K ^a   Holdaway, I M ^b   Donaldson, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; DIPHOSPHONATES; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINITIS;

EID: 33744782281     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.092189     Document Type: Article

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