Bilateral Optic Neuropathy after Short-Term Treatment with Intravenous Amiodarone

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2012; 229(4): 431-432
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299164

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Bilaterale Optikusneuropathie nach kurzzeitiger intravenöser Amiodarongabe

P. P. Ciechanowski

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

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M. Töteberg-Harms

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

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J. Stürmer

²Department of Ophthalmology, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Switzerland

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M. Kunz

³Cardiac Centre, Rhythmology Klinik Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland

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K. Landau

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

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V. Sturm

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

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