Feigned Visual Loss Misdiagnosed as Occult Traumatic Optic Neuropathy: Diagnostic Guidelines and Medical-legal Issues

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 412-416

  Mavrakanas, Nikolaos A ^a   Schutz, James S ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

feigned visual loss; malingering; medical legal; traumatic optic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MALINGERING; MALPRACTICE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 65349111371     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2009.02.006     Document Type: Review

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