Clinical pharmacology. Adverse reactions to drugs.
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Adverse ocular reactions to drugs.
Drugs acting on various parts of the body may also affect the eye insidiously. Increased awareness of such drug toxicity by the prescribing doctor should encourage him to consider effects on the cornea, lens, retina, optic nerve and elsewhere when checking the patient's progress. The following review concerns adverse ocular effects of systemic drug administration.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.974