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Case Reports

Bilateral Sequential Vision Loss in a Patient Re-Challenged with Amiodarone

Nathan D. Faulkner Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Bradley J. Katz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Scott O. Sykes Mount Ogden Eye Center, Ogden, Utah, USA
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T. Scott Wall Department of Cardiology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Demosthene N. Iskos Utah Cardiology, Ogden, Utah, USA
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Judith E. A. Warner Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Pages 260-265 | Received 02 Jun 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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