Demyelination of retinal myelinated nerve fibers in Behcet's disease

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-164

  Chavis, Pamela S ^a,b   Tabbara, Khalid F ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The Eye Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Behcet's; CNS; Demyelination; Nerve fibers; Retinal

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; INDOMETACIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; DEMYELINATION; DYSARTHRIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAPILLITIS; PERIOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHLEBITIS; RETINA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; UVEITIS;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; COLCHICINE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032321464     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001740609978     Document Type: Article

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