Optic atrophy during chlorpromazine therapy.
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Optic atrophy during chlorpromazine therapy.
Chlorpromazine hydrochloride, a synthetic phenothiazine, has been widely employed in psychiatric illnesses, and an extensive literature exists on its side-effects; many reports describe ocular changes, including an oculo-dermal melanosis with deposition of pigment in the retina (Feldman and Frierson, I964; Zelickson and Zeller, I964; Cairns, Capoore, and Gregory, I965; Brit. med. J., I967), dep...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.53.3.208