Photopsias

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Identifier 20030213_nanos_retina_sympos_03
Title Photopsias
Creator Valerie A. Purvin, MD
Affiliation Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
Subject Photopsias; Retinal detachment; Optic neuritis; Vitreous detachment; Positive Visual Phenomena
Description Positive visual symptoms can be divided into formed and unformed types. Unformed visual phenomena including flashes, flickers and geometric shapes aretermed photopsias or phosphenes. These terms are sometimes used interchangeably. The use of phosphene is sometimes limited to luminous sensa-tions caused by direct stimulation of the eyes whereas photopsias can arise in other parts of the visual system as well.
Date 2003-02-13
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2003 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2003: Retina Symposium
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s65174q4
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181630
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65174q4
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