Vitreous aspiration needle tap in the diagnosis of intraocular inflammation

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 595-599

  Lobo, Aires ^a   Lightman, Susan ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE BIOPSY; EYE INFECTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VITREOUS ASPIRATION NEEDLE TAP; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0037370538     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01895-X     Document Type: Article

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