Open AccessRelationship between retinopathy and cirrhosis
Author(s) -
Önder Çolakoğlu
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i14.2193
Subject(s) - medicine , xerophthalmia , cirrhosis , etiology , retinopathy , diabetic retinopathy , portal hypertension , gastroenterology , ophthalmology , diabetes mellitus , vitamin a deficiency , vitamin , retinol , endocrinology
To evaluate ophthalmic disorders with special attention to retinopathy in cirrhotic patients. Vitamin A deficiency-related ophthalmopathy, xerophthalmia, and color blindness may be documented in cirrhosis due to various etiologies. Retinopathy is an obscure feature of cirrhosis.