Acute blindness in a dog caused by an explosive blast

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 196-198

  Shelah, Michal ^a   Weinberger, Dov ^b   Ofri, Ron ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blast; Blindness; Dog; Retinal detachment; Trauma; Vitreal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EXPLOSION; INJURY; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA DETACHMENT;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EXPLOSIONS; EYE HEMORRHAGE; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINAL DETACHMENT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34247140982     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2007.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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