Bilateral necrotizing scleritis and blindness in the myelodysplastic syndrome presumably due to relapsing polychondritis

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 228-231

  Loeffler, Karin U ^a,c   McLean, Ian W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease.; Histology; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Necrotizing scleritis; Relapsing polychondritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLINDNESS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; SCLERITIS; TISSUE SECTION; UVEITIS;

AGED; BLINDNESS; BONE MARROW; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DEAFNESS; EYE HEMORRHAGE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; NECROSIS; POLYCHONDRITIS, RELAPSING; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SCLERITIS;

EID: 0034033336     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2000.078002228.x     Document Type: Article

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