An unusual chiasmal visual defect in a patient with neuromyelitis optica: Case report

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-155

  Costa, Roberta Martins da Silva ^a   Santos, Antonio Carlos ^a   Costa, Laudo Silva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hemianopsia; Neuromyelitis optica diagnosis; Optic chiasm; Optic neuritis; Perimetry; Scotoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147141967     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492007000100029     Document Type: Article

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