Cancer-associated retinopathy associated with invasive thymoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 383-389

  Katsuta, Hideto ^a,b   Okada, Morio ^a   Nakauchi, Tadashi ^a   Takahashi, Yutaka ^a   Yamao, Satoshi ^a   Uchida, Sunao ^a  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; RECOVERIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR VISION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CONE; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RETINOPATHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCALCIN; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PLASMAPHERESIS; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; RECOVERIN; RETINAL DISEASES; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036742911     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01598-2     Document Type: Article

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