Concurrent bilateral posterior scleritis and vogt-koyanagi-harada disease in a patient with positive rheumatoid factor

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 316-319

  Watanabe, Kazuhiko ^a,b   Kato, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Hayasaka, Seiji ^b  

^a ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Posterior scleritis; Rheumatoid factor; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCLERITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

EID: 0030844351     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310817     Document Type: Article

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