Sudden mono-ocular blindness with recurrent transient diplopia and ptosis in a middle-aged woman

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ramteke, Vishal V ^a   Gokhale, Yojana A ^a   Kamdar, Paritosh A ^b   Maniar, Vashistha ^a   Shrivastava, Makardhwaj ^a   Singh, Natasha ^c   Krishna, B A ^c  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Jashem Eye Institute   (India)

^c P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MEPREDNISONE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AORTITIS; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRANCH RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MONOCULAR VISION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 79955568247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.10.2010.3414     Document Type: Article

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