Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy after uneventful phacoemulsification: Case report

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 544-546

  Fontes, Bruno Machado ^a,b   Jung, Liang Shih ^a   Soriano, Eduardo Sone ^a   Chicani, Carlos Filipe ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case reports Publication type ; Cataract extraction methods; Optic nerve diseases; Optic neuropathy, ischemic; Phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349030445     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492007000300029     Document Type: Article

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