Discoid lupus erythematosus and cicatrizing conjunctivitis: Clinicopathologic study of two cases

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 287-292

  Thorne, Jennifer E ^a,b   Jabs, Douglas A ^a,b   Nikolskaia, Olga ^a   Anhalt, Grant ^a   Nousari, H Carlos ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cicatrizing conjunctivitis; Direct immunofluorescence; Discoid lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CICATRIZING CONJUNCTIVITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; AGED; CICATRIX; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0037998865     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.10.4.287.15595     Document Type: Article

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