Peripapillary choroidal atrophy in sympathetic ophthalmia and management with triple-agent immunosuppression

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-65

  Ganesh, Sudha K ^a,b   Narayana, Kannan M ^a   Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b SANKARA NETHRALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Dalen Fuch's nodules; Peripapillary choroidal atrophy; Pulse steroid therapy; Sympathetic ophthalmia; Triple agent immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOMYCIN C; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHOROID GYRATE ATROPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PERIPAPILLARY CHOROIDAL ATROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA;

ADULT; ATROPHY; AZATHIOPRINE; CHILD; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OPHTHALMIA, SYMPATHETIC; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042165860     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.11.1.61.15581     Document Type: Article

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