Solar maculopathy arising from nondeliberate sun gaze

Solar maculopathy occurs as a result of the effects of exposure of the macula to the harmful light spectrum from the sun. Phototoxic damage of the macula occurs as a result of the exposure to sunlight with some resultant visual deficit. The effect is common during a solar eclipse, where people direc...

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Main Authors: Oraegbunam H Nnenna, Etim A Bassey, Uchenwa Ezemba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2020;volume=29;issue=2;spage=334;epage=336;aulast=Nnenna