Amiodarone optic neuropathy - Review

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 169-173

  Chen, David ^a,c   Hedges III, Thomas R ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Drug side effects; Ischemic neuropathy; Optic nerve swelling; Toxic optic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CORDONE; PERHEXILINE MALEATE;

BLOOD EYE BARRIER; CORNEA DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY EYE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LAW SUIT; LIPIDOSIS; LIVER INJURY; LUNG FIBROSIS; NAUSEA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; HUMANS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 4143152989     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530390895163     Document Type: Review

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