Topical cyclosporin in the treatment of chronic sarcoidosis of the conjunctiva

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1333-1335

  Akpek, Esen Karamursel ^a   Ilhan Sarac, Ozge ^b   Green, W Richard ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYCLOSPORIN; EYE DROPS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHIRMER TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0141722449     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.9.1333     Document Type: Article

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