Transient blindness in a preeclamptic patient secondary to cerebral edema.
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Blindness associated with a cerebral lesion has been described as cortical blindness. This is the first reported case in which computerized tomography has documented cerebral edema to be the cause of cortical blindness in a preeclamptic patient.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Hawaii medical journal
دوره 55 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996