Acute visual loss as the presenting complaint of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 637-640

  Hackelton, Karissa L ^a  

^a Chesterfield Family Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; SCOTOMA; TELANGIECTASIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS BODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC; VISION, LOW;

EID: 33750941371     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.6.637     Document Type: Article

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