Presumed tubercular serpiginouslike choroiditis: Clinical presentations and management

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1744-1749

  Gupta, Vishali ^a   Gupta, Amod ^a   Arora, Sunil ^a   Bambery, Pradeep ^a   Dogra, Mangat Ram ^a   Agarwal, Anita ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHOROID TUBERCULOSIS; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERPIGINOUS CHOROIDITIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0042932600     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00619-5     Document Type: Article

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