| Identifier |
wh_ch10_p451_1 |
| Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Epidemic Nutritional Optic Neuropathy |
| Creator |
Paul H. Phillips, MD |
| Affiliation |
University of Arkansas |
| Subject |
Optic Nerve Diseases; Malnutrition; Toxicity; Optic Neuropathy; Epidemic |
| Description |
The most useful observations regarding nutritional optic neuropathy have come not from sporadic cases encountered in practice, but rather from epidemics during war and famine. Two well-documented epidemics afflicted Allied prisoners of war of the Japanese during World War II and Cubans in the early 1990s. The characteristics of the disorder in those two populations are reasonably consistent and are described as follows. |
| Date |
2005 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
| Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu |
| Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6bw0r4g |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
| ID |
186306 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bw0r4g |
