Tobacco-alcohol amblyopia: Can OCT predict the visual prognosis?

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1616-1618

  Bhatnagar, A ^a   Sullivan, C ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXOCOBALAMIN;

AGED; ALCOHOL AMBLYOPIA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER; SMOKING CESSATION; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TOBACCO; TOBACCO ALCOHOL AMBLYOPIA; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMBLYOPIA; HUMANS; MALE; RETINA; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67749095008     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.285     Document Type: Letter

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