Ocular manifestations of Wegener's granulomatosis. Analysis of nine cases

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-223

  Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a,c   Babu, Kalpana ^a   Gopal, Lingam ^a   Krishnakumar, Subramanian ^a   Suresh, Sankarasubaiyan ^b   Ramakrishnan, Subramaniam ^b  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b Sundaram Medical Foundation   (India)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody; Corticosteroids; Cyclophosphamide; Necrotizing scleritis; Proptosis; Wegner's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; EYE DROPS; GENTAMICIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; NORFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE BIOPSY; EYE DISEASE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NASAL BIOPSY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOTOPHOBIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINUSITIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0141895129     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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