Optic neuropathy associated with copper deficiency after gastric bypass surgery

Retinal Cases and Brief Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-76

  Shah, Ankoor R ^a   Tamhankar, Madhura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper deficiency; Gastric bypass surgery; Nutritional optic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

COPPER; RETINOL; ZINC;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLIT LAMP; STOMACH BYPASS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEFICIENCY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VISION DISORDERS;

ADULT; COPPER; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84898042613     PISSN: 19351089     EISSN: 19371578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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