Foster Kennedy syndrome: papilledema in one eye with optic atrophy in the other eye
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Foster Kennedy syndrome: papilledema in one eye with optic atrophy in the other eye.
gency department because of gradual blurring of vision in his right eye over 20 days and progressive loss of vision in the left eye over the previous eight months. One year earlier, he had started taking sodium valproate for mor ning migraines with only a partial response. Visual acuity was 20/30 (66.7%) in the right eye, and he could perceive only hand motions with the left eye. He also had a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.101937