Recurrent episodes of night blindness in a patient with short bowel syndrome

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 221-230

  Renner, Agnes B ^a   Dietrich Ntoukas, Tina ^a,b   Jägle, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bitot s spots; Dark adaptometry; Electroretinography; Fundus autofluorescence; Short bowel syndrome; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; RETINOL; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; BITOT SPOT; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; DARK ADAPTOMETRY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA ROD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SLIT LAMP; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DARK ADAPTATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RECURRENCE; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84948587014     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: 15732622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10633-015-9516-8     Document Type: Article

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