Serpiginous choroidopathy: An unusual association with Crohn's disease

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 437-439

  Ugarte, Marta ^a   Wearne, I Michael J ^a  

^a EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Posterior segment inflammation; Serpiginous choroidopathy; T cell

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALAISE; SERPIGINOUS CHOROIDOPATHY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TENESMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CHOROID DISEASES; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0036914783     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2002.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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