Use of contrast sensitivity measurement in the detection of subclinical ethambutol toxic optic neuropathy.
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Use of contrast sensitivity measurement in the detection of subclinical ethambutol toxic optic neuropathy.
Contrast sensitivity was measured by means of Arden grating plates in 100 patients on medication for pulmonary tuberculosis. The scores were abnormal in 38.2% of the patients whose therapy included ethambutol for three months, and 36.7% of the patients on similar treatment for six months. In comparison with age matched groups of patients on a regimen where streptomycin replaced ethambutol a sta...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.71.3.192