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About a case of blindness following scorpion envenomationDOI: 10.1590/S1678-91992012000400020 Keywords: scorpion sting, blindness, toxic neuropathy. Abstract: the author reports a case of blindness occurred after three scorpion stings in a young woman from the region ouargla, algeria. the absence of signs of neurological and cardiovascular envenomation and the functional examinations of eyes is likely to be the consequence of a toxic neuropathy. two months later, blindness persists and functional prognosis remains reserved.
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