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Ocular Toxicity Secondary to Asclepias physocarpa: The Balloon Plant
We report a case of a 65-year-old woman with symptoms of blurred vision and ocular irritation a few hours after accidental contact of the right eye with Asclepias physocarpa milky latex. Observation showed a diffuse conjunctival hyperemia and stromal corneal edema with Descemet's membrane folds...
Autores principales: | Pina, Susana, Pedrosa, Catarina, Santos, Cristina, Feijóo, Bernardo, Pego, Peter, Vendrell, Cristina, Santos, Maria João, Prieto, Isabel |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4101946/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25105044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/829469 |
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