| Document ID (ISN) | 102327 |
| CIS number |
03-1181 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1877-7856 - Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale |
| Year |
2003 |
| Convention or series no. |
Fascicule 16534 C10, 3-2003
|
| Author(s) |
Milea D., Vignal-Clermont C. |
| Title |
Optical neuropathies caused by nutritional deficiencies or by toxic or medicinal agents |
| Original title |
Neuropathies optiques carentielles, toxiques et médicamenteuses [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Toxicologie-Pathologie professionnelle, 3rd Quarter 2003, No.140, 7p. Illus. 20 ref. |
| Abstract |
Early diagnoses of nutritional or toxic optical neuropathies are of utmost importance, because visual impairment is still reversible at the early stages once the causal agent is identified. This diagnosis needs to be made with care, after other possible causes of progressive bilateral optical neuropathies have been eliminated, in particular those due to compressive mechanisms. The current proliferation of available drugs for use in general medical treatment increases the number described as being toxic to the optic nerve. Contents: clinical symptoms; positive diagnosis; medical examinations; causes of nutritional or toxic optical neuropathies. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
neurotoxic effects; drugs; toxic substances; optic neuritis; deficiency diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
symptoms; encyclopaedia; medical examinations; diagnosis |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the eye and vision damage
Diseases of the nervous system
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