Nine Cases of Ethambutol Toxicity on Human Eye
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
;
: 453-456, 1975.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-210484
ABSTRACT
Author presented nine patients of eye toxicity from Ethambutol. They used daily the drug, 15~30mg per kilogram body weight during the period of one month to six months. With the relationship of drug induced toxic amblyopia and optic neuritis, seven patients out of nine showed severe visual disturbance. Five of them have the peripheral constriction. Three cases showed relative ring scotoma and one case showed relative central scotoma.
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Main subject:
Scotoma
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Body Weight
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Optic Neuritis
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Amblyopia
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Constriction
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Ethambutol
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
1975
Type:
Article
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