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hydroxychloroquine and Night Blindness

hydroxychloroquine has been researched along with Night Blindness in 1 studies

Hydroxychloroquine: A chemotherapeutic agent that acts against erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites. Hydroxychloroquine appears to concentrate in food vacuoles of affected protozoa. It inhibits plasmodial heme polymerase. (From Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed, p970)
hydroxychloroquine : An aminoquinoline that is chloroquine in which one of the N-ethyl groups is hydroxylated at position 2. An antimalarial with properties similar to chloroquine that acts against erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites, it is mainly used as the sulfate salt for the treatment of lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and light-sensitive skin eruptions.

Night Blindness: Failure or imperfection of vision at night or in dim light, with good vision only on bright days. (Dorland, 27th ed)

Research

Studies (1)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's1 (100.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Grassi, MA1
Maker, MP1
Marmor, MF1

Other Studies

1 other study available for hydroxychloroquine and Night Blindness

ArticleYear
Night Blindness, Ring Scotoma, and a Nonrecordable Electroretinogram in an Elderly Woman.
    JAMA ophthalmology, 2019, 01-01, Volume: 137, Issue:1

    Topics: Aged; Antirheumatic Agents; Electroretinography; Female; Humans; Hydroxychloroquine; Night Blindness

2019