Optic neuropathy of recurrent blood loss.
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Optic neuropathy of recurrent blood loss.
Loss of vision after severe and recurrent haemorrhage, an occasional but serious complication, is an established clinical entity recognized from the writings of the earliest medical authorities. Formerly thought only to follow recurrent upper gastrointestinal (Goerlitz, 1920; Bamford and Barber, 1940; Black, '945; Avery Jones, 1947; Locket, I949; Gavey, I963), uterine (Pines, 1931), or therapeu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.53.5.289