The Charles Bonnet syndrome: A review of recent research

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-277

  Rovner, Barry W ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Charles Bonnet syndrome; Vision loss; Visual hallucinations

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE;

BLINDNESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LASER COAGULATION; LEWY BODY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PATHOLOGY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; SYNDROME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33748179701     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000193100.13551.ac     Document Type: Review

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