Partial visual recovery from radiation-induced optic neuropathy after hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a patient with Cushing disease

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 813-818

  Boschetti, Mara ^a   De Lucchi, Massimo ^a   Giusti, Massimo ^a   Spena, Claudio ^a   Corallo, Guido ^a   Goglia, Umberto ^a   Ceresola, Enrica ^a   Resmini, Eugenia ^a   Vera, Lara ^a   Minuto, Francesco ^a   Ferone, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SICKNESS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 33745684500     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02161     Document Type: Article

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