Self-inflicted anterior scleritis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 192-195

  Zamir, Ehud ^a   Read, Russell W ^a   Rao, Narsing A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FAMCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INDOMETACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MALINGERING; MYDRIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; SCLERITIS; SELF MUTILATION;

EID: 0035169771     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(00)00480-2     Document Type: Article

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