Retinal changes in various altitude illnesses

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 687-690

  Arora, R ^a   Jha, K N ^a   Sathian, B ^b  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b Department of Community Medicine ^*  (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Altitude; Cerebral oedema; Pulmonary oedema; Retinal haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HIGH ALTITUDE CEREBRAL EDEMA; HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA; HIGH ALTITUDE RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINOPATHY; SOLDIER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 80052981174     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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