Purtscher's retinopathy: Epidemiology, clinical features and outcome

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1456-1459

  Agrawal, Ashish ^a   McKibbin, Martin ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOPATHY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC RETINOPATHY; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; THORACIC INJURIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 35748984714     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.117408     Document Type: Article

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