Bilateral combined retinal and choroidal detachment in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive scleritis

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-407

  Matthews, B Non ^a   Stavrou, Panagiota ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; Choroidal detachment; Retinal detachment; Scleritis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CHOROID DETACHMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCLERITIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; CHOROID DISEASES; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SCLERITIS;

EID: 0042171515     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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