Bilateral chronic anterior uveitis & neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations in a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome: An unusual ocular presentation

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-63

  Androudi, Sofia ^a   Iaccheri, Barbara ^a   Brazitikos, Periklis ^b   Papadaki, Thekla ^a   Foster, C Stephen ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anterior uveitis; Churg Strauss syndrome; Immunosuppressive treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DICLOFENAC; EYE DROPS; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PREDNISONE; SCLERITIS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 1642525193     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.12.1.59.28071     Document Type: Article

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