Ethambutol-associated optic neuropathy

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 274-278

  Lim, Su Ann ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bitemporal hemianopia; Complications; Ethambutol; Toxic optic neuropathy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; DETERIORATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 33745443537     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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