Recovery from cortical blindness with mepivacaïne
Abstract We report the case of a patient suffering from cortical blindness following bilateral occipital stroke, who recovered normal vision in his right visual field following injection of the local anesthetic mepivacaïne. The effect was transient but reproducible, allowing the patient to lead a no...
Main Authors: | Laurent Cohen, Amélie Ponchel, Aurélie Kas, Sébastian Ströer, Antoine Del Cul, Guillaume Guérineau de Lamérie, Randa El Hachem, Piirika Crépin, Alexandre Morin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-08-01
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Series: | Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.50832 |
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