Secondary glaucoma associated with anterior uveitis, iris pigment epithelitis and herpetic eye infection [2]

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 672-674

  Choong, Yee Fong ^a   Austin, Michael W ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACICLOVIR; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROID;

ADULT; ANISOCORIA; DEPIGMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRIS DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; GLAUCOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 0036909752     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2002.800623_2.x     Document Type: Letter

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