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Neuropathy
Reports outline neuropathy research from Seoul National University, Medical Department
January 20th, 2009
"The incidence, clinical manifestations, and contributory factors in ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy (EON) have not been widely studied. A retrospective chart review of 857 patients who took ethambutol for treatment of tuberculosis identified 89 patients who complained of decreased vision after initiation of treatment and were therefore referred to the ophthalmology clinic of Seoul National University Hospital, Korea, between January 2003 and December 2005," investigators in Seoul, South Korea report. "Information was extracted in regard to systemic illnesses, duration and dose of ethambutol therapy, visual acuity, color vision, ophthalmoscopic examination, Visual...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-20)
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