Toxic corneal oedema associated with amantadine use

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Pond, A ^a   Lee, M S ^a,b   Hardten, D R ^a   Harrison, A R ^a   Krachmer, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MMC 493 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMFEBUTAMONE; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PARKINSONISM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AMANTADINE; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 61749090784     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.135731     Document Type: Article

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