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Toxic Retinopathy in Malaria Tropica

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Electrodiagnosis, Toxic Agents and Vision

Part of the book series: Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series ((DOPS,volume 15))

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Abstract

The retina is known to be vulnerable to many toxic agents. For many years antimalarial drugs have been known to exert an apparently selective toxic effect on the eye. The doses used in malaria have relatively few secondary effects.

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  1. Augenklinik, Klinikum Steglitz, I Berlin 45, Berlin, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Barbara Schmidt

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Jules François A. De Rouck J. T. Pearlman J. Kelsey

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Schmidt, B. (1978). Toxic Retinopathy in Malaria Tropica. In: François, J., De Rouck, A., Pearlman, J.T., Kelsey, J. (eds) Electrodiagnosis, Toxic Agents and Vision. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9957-2_18

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