New therapeutic options in uveitis

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 222-226

  Lightman, Susan ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EAU; Immunosuppression; Macular oedema; Steroids; Uveitis; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ALOPECIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTRAOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LASER SURGERY; LIVER TOXICITY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0030962371     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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