HTLV-I associated uveitis revisited: Characteristic grey-white, granular deposits on retinal vessels

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 719-722

  Nakao, Kumiko ^a   Ohba, Norio ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORESCENT DYE; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA VEIN; UVEITIS; VASCULAR LESION;

EID: 0029810932     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.8.719     Document Type: Article

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