Recovery of postoperative visual loss following treatment of severe anaemia

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 497-499

  Kawasaki, Aki ^a   Purvin, Valerie ^b,c  

^a HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

^b MIDWEST EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ischaemic optic neuropathy; Optic nerve; Postoperative visual loss

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; EYE EDEMA; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETINOPATHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BLINDNESS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETINAL DISEASES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745833000     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01254.x     Document Type: Article

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