Characterizing ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy with a 3D computer-automated threshold Amsler grid test

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 484-488

  Kim, Janet K ^a   Fahimi, Ali ^a   Fink, Wolfgang ^a,b   Nazemi, Paul P ^a   Nguyen, Dieuthu ^a   Sadun, Alfredo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL;

AGED; AUTOMATION; BRIGHTNESS; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; SCOTOMA; SLIT LAMP; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ETHAMBUTOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SCOTOMA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 50849143139     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01807.x     Document Type: Letter

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