Ocular findings in patients with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes syndrome

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 778-782

  Kaushik, Megha ^a   Pulido, Jose S ^a   Abreu, Rodrigo ^a   Amselem, Luis ^a   Dispenzieri, Angela ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; EYE DISEASE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC DISK; POEMS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLEDEMA; POEMS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79953317953     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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