Sarcoidosis of the anterior visual pathway: 24 New cases

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 190-197

  Frohman, Larry P ^a,b,c   Guirgis, Medhat ^a   Turbin, Roger E ^a   Bielory, Leonard ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NERVE BIOPSY; PALLOR; PAPILLEDEMA; PHLEBITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0141745556     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200309000-00002     Document Type: Review

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