Prospective surveillance of sympathetic ophthalmia in the UK and Republic of Ireland

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-263

  Kilmartin, Dara J ^a   Dick, Andrew D ^a   Forrester, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA SURGERY; RISK; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIA, SYMPATHETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034116180     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.3.259     Document Type: Article

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