Carbon monoxide-induced cortical visual loss: Treatment with hyperbaric oxygen four years later

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-69

  Senol, Mehmet G ^a   Yildiz, Senol ^a   Ersanli, Dilaver ^a   Uzun, Gunalp ^a   Gumus, Tuna ^a   Narin, Yavuz ^a   Ozkan, Sezai ^a   Ayata, Ali ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide poisoning; Delayed neurological sequelae; Hyperbaric oxygenation; Positron emission tomography; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349137258     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000163050     Document Type: Article

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