Contractile morning glory disc causing transient monocular blindness in a child

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1199-1201

  Brodsky, Michael C ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; VERAPAMIL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; CHILD; COLOBOMA; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL DISEASES; SYNDROME; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33747181313     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.8.1199     Document Type: Article

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