Pansinusitis causing bilateral optic neuritis in a 9-year-old child

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Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 377-379

  Bashkaran, K ^a   Shatriah, I ^a   Zunaina, E ^a   Bakiah, S ^a   Sakinah, Z ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bilateral optic neuritis; Children; Pansinusitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OPTIC NEURITIS; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 71149091430     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: 17445108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01676830903104678     Document Type: Article

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