Retinal pigment epithelial changes associated with systemic corticosteroid treatment: Report of cases and review of the literature

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 142-148

  Spraul, Christoph W ^a   Lang, Gabriele E ^a   Lang, Gerhard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood retinal barrier; Central serous chrioretinopathy; Choroid; Corticosteroid; Diffuse Retinal pigment epitheliopathy; Maculopathy Retinal pigment epithelium; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUOCORTIN BUTYL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; RETINOPATHY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0031933197     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027294     Document Type: Article

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