Transient monocular visual loss

Comprehensive Ophthalmology Update

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-98

  Amick, Amy ^a,b   Caplan, Louis R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amaurosis fugax; Retinal embolism; Retinal vasoconstriction; Transient monocular visual loss

Indexed keywords

COLOBOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIGRAINE; MONOCULAR VISION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCLUSION; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; PAPILLEDEMA; RETINA; REVIEW; STENOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

HUMANS; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; RETINAL VESSELS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 34250327395     PISSN: 15277313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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