Anterior optic neuropathy associated with adalimumab

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 292-294

  Von Jagow, Burkhard ^a   Kohnen, Thomas ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adalimumab; Adverse side effects; Eye affection; Optic neuropathy; TNF antagonists

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PAPILLEDEMA; PERIMETRY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 53049091734     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000140257     Document Type: Article

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