Eclipse burns: a prospective study of solar retinopathy following the 1999 solar eclipse
Autor: | N.G. Ziakas, Samuel C. K. Wong, Tom Eke |
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Rok vydání: | 2001 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Adolescent Solar eclipse Eye disease Eye casualty Poison control Ophthalmology medicine Humans Prospective Studies Royal infirmary Prospective cohort study Moon Eclipse Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Solar retinopathy General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease medicine.icd_9_cm_classification eye diseases Surgery Eye Burns England Female sense organs Solar System business |
Zdroj: | Lancet (London, England). 357(9251) |
ISSN: | 0140-6736 |
Popis: | Summary Looking at the sun can cause focal burns to the retina. We prospectively followed up all patients who presented to Eye Casualty of Leicester Royal Infirmary having observed the solar eclipse of August, 1999. 45 patients attended, of whom 20 had visual symptoms and five had visible changes in the retina; four patients were still symptomatic after 7 months. |
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