Acute visual loss and pituitary apoplexy after surgery

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7459, 2004, Pages 218-219

  Abbott, Joseph ^a   Kirkby, Graham R ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 3543013230     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7459.218     Document Type: Review

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