Reversible blindness in bilateral optic neuritis associated with nasal flu vaccine

Binocular Vision and Strabology Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-173

  Crawford, Courtney ^a   Grazko, Mary Beth ^b   Raymond IV, William R ^b   Rivers, Bruce A ^c   Munson, Patrick D ^c  

^a BLANCHFIELD ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Winn Army Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PAPILLEDEMA; PAPILLITIS; PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREO DISC PHOTO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; EYE; OPTIC NERVE;

BLINDNESS; EYE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84867706677     PISSN: 21605351     EISSN: 21605904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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