Delayed onset chloroquine retinopathy presenting 10 years after long-term usage of chloroquine

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-91

  Kazi, Mohmmad Salman ^a   Saurabh, Kumar ^a   Rishi, Pukhraj ^a   Rishi, Ekta ^a  

^a Sri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretina Services   (India)

Author keywords

Chloroquine Retinopathy; Delayed Onset; Drug

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED ONSET CHLOROQUINE RETINOPATHY; DEPIGMENTATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINAL THICKNESS; RETINOPATHY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CHLOROQUINE RETINOPATHY; DELAYED ONSET; DRUG;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CHLOROQUINE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84878811332     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.106404     Document Type: Article

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