Posner-Schlossman syndrome and medical certification.
Posner-Schlossman syndrome is a rare eye condition involving mild anterior chamber inflammation and extreme intermittent intraocular pressure elevations. Symptoms are mild and not incapacitating, but aviators need proper diagnosis and treatment to ensure that visual acuity and visual fields are not affected.
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Stacey L
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FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields