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  • Title: Hydroxychloroquine retinopathy despite regular ophthalmologic evaluation: a consecutive series.
    Author: Bienfang D, Coblyn JS, Liang MH, Corzillius M.
    Journal: J Rheumatol; 2000 Nov; 27(11):2703-6. PubMed ID: 11093457.
    Abstract:
    We describe a consecutive series of patients with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) retinopathy. Their clinical features illustrate that with normal renal function there is no threshold for total dosage for HCQ toxicity; that color vision testing is important; that almost all patients complain of altered central vision as their first symptom; and that a normal optic fundus does not exclude the diagnosis. Finally, HCQ retinopathy may progress even when the agent is stopped.
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