Revised diagnostic criteria for Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: Report of an international committee on nomenclature

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 647-652

  Read, Russell W ^a   Holland, Gary N ^b   Rao, Narsing A ^a,i   Tabbara, Khalid F ^c   Ohno, Shigeaki ^d   Arellanes Garcia, Lourdes ^e   Pivetti Pezzi, Paola ^f   Tessler, Howard H ^g   Usui, Masahiko ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f Serv Spec Immunovirologia Oculare   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^h TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ DVRC 211 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME; WORKSHOP;

CALIFORNIA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 0035025345     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)00925-4     Document Type: Article

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