Limited Wegner's granulomatosis of the orbit: A case study and review of literature [2]

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-104

  Bhatia, A ^a   Yadava, U ^a   Goyal, J L ^a   Chaturvedi, K U ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVISCERATION; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; EYE SURGERY; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LETTER; MALE; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PTOSIS; PUPIL REFLEX; SENILE CATARACT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULITIS; VEIN DILATATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

EXOPHTHALMOS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 13244291380     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701413     Document Type: Letter

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