Weber-Christian disease presenting with ocular manifestations

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 339-342

  Yoshida, T ^a   Ito, H ^a   Matsubara, Y ^a   Kitamura, Y ^a   Sasaoka, A ^a   Chijiwa, T ^a   Hashimoto, K ^a   Komatsu, T ^a   Moriki, T ^a   Itahara, T ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Tosa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fat necrosis; Fatty liver; Orbital fat; Panniculitis; Proptosis; Subcutaneous nodule

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE BIOPSY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; JAPAN; PANNICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; WEBER CHRISTIAN PANNICULITIS;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANNICULITIS; PANNICULITIS, NODULAR NONSUPPURATIVE; PREDNISOLONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10744225270     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-003-0729-y     Document Type: Article

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