Posterior scleritis: Clinical profile and imaging characteristics

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 195-202

  Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a   Mittal, Sangeet ^a   Ganesh, Sudha K ^a   Shetty, Nitin S ^a   Gopal, Lingam ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Computed tomography scan; Corticosteroid; Immunosuppressive agents; Posterior scleritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOROID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRIDOCYCLITIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCLERITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032419284     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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