Bilateral central serous chorioretinopathy resolving rapidly with treatment for obstructive sleep apnea

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 248, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1037-1039

  Jain, Atul Kumar ^a   Kaines, Andrew ^a   Schwartz, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSR); Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EXAMINATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77955655260     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1257-5     Document Type: Article

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