Bilateral simultaneous nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy after ingestion of Sildenafil for erectile dysfunction

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tarantini, Anna ^a   Faraoni, Alessandra ^a   Menchini, Francesca ^a   Lanzetta, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; METFORMIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PAPILLEDEMA; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBRETINAL FLUID; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 84879507097     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/747658     Document Type: Article

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