Prospective evaluation of visual function for early detection of ethambutol toxicity

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1251-1254

  Menon, V ^a   Jain, D ^a   Saxena, R ^a   Sood, R ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHAMBUTOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249123477     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.148502     Document Type: Article

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