Bilateral isolated lateral geniculate body lesions in a patient with pancreatitis and microangiopathy

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Mudumbai, Raghu C ^a   Bhandari, Anuja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PANCREATITIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; RETINA; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL DEGENERATION; THALAMIC DISEASES; VISION, LOW; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34748859771     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31814a5921     Document Type: Article

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