Early manifestation of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease as unilateral posterior scleritis

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 590-593

  Kouda, Noriko ^a   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Harada, Sachiko ^a   Yamada, Yoshihisa ^a   Takahashi, Nobuo ^a   Sasaki, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Posterior scleritis; Steroid therapy; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE FUNDUS; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERITIS; STEROID THERAPY; UVEITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SCLERITIS; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 0036758376     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(02)00545-2     Document Type: Article

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