Optic disc edema in an astronaut after repeat long-duration space flight

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-255

  Mader, Thomas H ^a   Gibson, C Robert ^b   Pass, Anastas F ^c   Lee, Andrew G ^d   Killer, Hanspeter E ^e   Hansen, Hans Christian ^f   Dervay, Joseph P ^g   Barratt, Michael R ^g   Tarver, William J ^g   Sargsyan, Ashot E ^h   Kramer, Larry A ⁱ   Riascos, Roy ^j   Bedi, Deepak G ^k   Pettit, Donald R ^g  

^a ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Coastal Eye Associates ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Kantonsspital Aarau ^*  (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^g NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^h WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COSMONAUT; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLEDEMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ACUITY;

ASTRONAUTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLEDEMA; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84883558554     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31829b41a6     Document Type: Article

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