Night blindness and xerophthalmia after surgery for morbid obesity;Ceguera nocturna y xeroftalmía tras cirugía de obesidad mórbida

Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-135

  Faus, F ^a   Sierra, J ^a   Ballarin T ^a   Pueyo, M ^a   Albalad, E ^a   López Rodríguez, Nuria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Morbid obesity; Night blindness; Vitamin A deficiency; Xerophthalmia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; JEJUNOILEAL BYPASS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

HUMANS; JEJUNOILEAL BYPASS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT BLINDNESS; OBESITY, MORBID; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 41549147259     PISSN: 03656691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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