Bilateral optic neuritis in Wegener granulomatosis

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-28

  Ribeiro Monteiro, Mário Luiz ^a,b   Sergillo Borges, Wander Inturias ^a   Do Val Ferreira Ramos, Carolina ^a   Tavares Lucato, Leandro ^a   Costa Leite, Cláudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MEPREDNISONE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INFARCTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUSITIS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 14844356877     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200503000-00007     Document Type: Article

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