Isolated monocular visual loss as an initial manifestation of polycythemia vera

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 151-153

  Ahn, Bo Young ^a   Choi, Kwang Dong ^a   Choi, Young Jin ^a   Jea, Seung Youn ^a   Lee, Ji Eun ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ischemic retinopathy; Monocular visual loss; Polycythemia vera

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA FOVEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS CIRCULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA;

EID: 34249883917     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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