Painless transient monocular loss of vision resulting from angle-closure glaucoma

Headache

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1098-1099

  Abe, Arata ^a,c   Nishiyama, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Kitahara, Isao ^a   Komatsu, Daisuke ^a   Katayama, Yasuo ^b  

^a Shioda Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c Department of Neurology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amaurosis fugax; Painless monocular loss of vision; Primary angle closure glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; MANNITOL; PILOCARPINE;

AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HEADACHE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; MICROEMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AMAUROSIS FUGAX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 34447344844     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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