Electrophysiological Testing to Diagnose Sudden Bilateral Blindness from Cryptococcal Meningitis

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Identifier 20120214_nanos_posters_129
Title Electrophysiological Testing to Diagnose Sudden Bilateral Blindness from Cryptococcal Meningitis
Creator Eli Moses; Mary Johnson; Vivian Rismondo
Affiliation (EM) (MJ) University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; (VR) Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Subject Cryptococcal Meningitis; Electrophysiology; Visual Evoked Potentials; Electroretinogram; Sudden Blindness
Description Cryptococcus neoformans is the leading cause of meningitis in patients with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and is associated with a high mortality rate. In patients who survive the infection, the most debilitating outcome appears to be visual impairment.
Date 2012-02-14
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2012 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2012: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2012. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6t75pz3
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181919
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t75pz3
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