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Simultaneous bilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathy secondary to giant cell arteritis: a case presentation and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: This report highlights a rare case of simultaneous bilateral blindness due to posterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Typically, ophthalmic involvement in giant cell arteritis is monocular or sequential ischemia of the anterior portion of the optic nerve, and less frequently simultaneous. C...

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Autores principales: Albarrak, Anas Mohammad, Mohammad, Yousef, Hussain, Sajjad, Husain, Sufia, Muayqil, Taim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30541489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-018-0994-9

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