A case of Churg-Strauss syndrome with visual loss following central retinal artery occlusion [3]

Lupus

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-175

  Hoffman, Philip M ^a   Godfrey, T ^a   Stawell, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EOSINOPHILIA; EXTRINSIC ASTHMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MYALGIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 14744268024     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0961203305lu2080xx     Document Type: Letter

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