Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease) in a Spanish patient with pars plana exudates: Report of a new case and review of the literature

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-68

  Gorroño Echebarría, Marina B ^a   Albarrán, Fernando ^a   Marcos, Ama ^a   Alvarez Mon, Melchor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior uveitis; Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Pars plana exudates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SPAIN;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; GLUCOSAMINE; HUMANS; PARS PLANITIS; PREDNISONE; SULFASALAZINE; UVEA;

EID: 0036932938     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.10.1.65.10325     Document Type: Article

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