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- initialism ophthalmology Non-arteritic
AION , Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (UK), non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (US).
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heart problems such as chest pain, heart failure, irregular heartbeats, or have had a heart attack high or low blood pressure stroke liver or kidney problems severe vision loss, including a condition called NAION retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic runs in families eye disease a deformed penis shape or Peyronie's disease an erection that lasted more than 4 hours
unknown title 2011
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heart problems such as chest pain, heart failure, irregular heartbeats, or have had a heart attack high or low blood pressure stroke liver or kidney problems severe vision loss, including a condition called NAION retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic runs in families eye disease a deformed penis shape or Peyronie's disease an erection that lasted more than 4 hours
unknown title 2011
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Info | PDE5 Sildenafil, Citrate, which can damage the optic neuropathy (NAION).
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Info | PDE5 Sildenafil, Citrate, which can damage the optic neuropathy (NAION).
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The condition, nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), described as "stroke of the eye," occurs when blood flow is cut off to the optic nerve, which injures the nerve and results in permanent vision loss.
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This type of blindness is called NAION, or non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
May 2005 2005
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These are people who have erectile dysfunction by the very people who will be taking this treatment, and we did not see any cases, we did not see any cases of NAION in those studies.
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Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), a cause of decreased vision which may include permanent loss of vision, has been reported post-marketing in temporal association with the use of all PDE5 inhibitors.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION): Research shows an increased incidence of OSA in people diagnosed with NAION.
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Such patients are at an increased risk of developing NAION again.
foodconsumer.org 2008
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