Outcomes of visual disturbances after methanol poisoning

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-107

  Sanaei Zadeh, Hossein ^a   Zamani, Nasim ^a   Shadnia, Shahin ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blindness; Methanol; Poisoning; Visual disturbances

Indexed keywords

METHANOL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; METHANOL POISONING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHANOL; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLVENTS;

EID: 79952409798     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2011.556642     Document Type: Article

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