Bilateral optic neuritis after inactivated infuenza vaccination

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 705-707

  Rubinov, Avi ^a   Beiran, Itzchak ^a,b   Krasnitz, Irena ^a   Miller, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bilateral optic neuritis; H1N1; Infuenza vaccination; Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Retinal nerve fber layer (RNFL)

Indexed keywords

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; EYE PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NEURITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VACCINATION; VACCINES, INACTIVATED; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84870766696     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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