High-altitude retinopathy after climbing mount aconcagua in a group of experienced climbers

Retina

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1650-1655

  Ho, Tsung Yu ^a   Kao, Wei Fong ^a   Lee, Shui Mei ^a   Lin, Po Kang ^a,b   Chen, Jin Jong ^a   Liu, Jorn Hon ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

antiphospholipid syndrome; highaltitude retinopathy; nerve fiber layer defect; retinal hemorrhage; visual field defect

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HIGH ALTITUDE RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOPATHY; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EDEMA; RETINAL DISEASES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052491817     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e318207ceab     Document Type: Article

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