Burns
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 491-494 , August 2004

Acute ischemic optic neuropathy associated with an abdominal compartment syndrome in a burn patient

  • Jean Pirson

      Affiliations

    • Burn Center, Military Hospital, Belgian Ministry of Defense, Bruynstraat, 1120 Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32-2-264-4810; fax: +32-2-262-1480.
    • ,
  • Martin Zizi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Belgian Ministry of Defense and VUB Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Eric Jacob

      Affiliations

    • Burn Center, Military Hospital, Belgian Ministry of Defense, Bruynstraat, 1120 Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Jean-Paul Deleuze

      Affiliations

    • Burn Center, Military Hospital, Belgian Ministry of Defense, Bruynstraat, 1120 Brussels, Belgium

,Accepted 5 January 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.01.011

Burns
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