Diagnosis and treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 395-398

  Foster, C Stephen ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunomodulatory therapy; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA); Uveitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

BLINDNESS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLAUCOMA; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFERTILITY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; UVEITIS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; GLAUCOMA; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; UVEITIS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 1542407403     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200312000-00013     Document Type: Review

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