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Hydroxychloroquine screening.
A lmony et al report in this issue of the BJO (p 569) the use of a threshold Amsler grid (TAG) as a screening tool for asymptomatic patients taking hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). They studied 56 patients taking HCQ and 12 controls. Patients were tested with a ‘‘white on black’’ Amsler grid (AG), a ‘‘red on black’’ AG (RAG), and the threshold AG (TAG). TAG uses cross polarising filters to reduce the ...
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OBJECTIVES To review the types, incidence, pathogenesis, risk factors, and clinical characteristics of hydroxychloroquine ocular toxicity and current views about its screening and management. DATA SOURCES Literature search of Medline up to May 2005. STUDY SELECTION Key words for the literature search were 'hydroxychloroquine', 'chloroquine', 'ocular', 'toxicity', 'retinopathy', and 'screeni...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Dental Journal
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0007-0610,1476-5373
DOI: 10.1038/s41415-020-1722-4