Lepromatous iridocyclitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-99

  Citirik, Mehmet ^a,c   Batman, Cosar ^a   Aslan, Ozlem ^a   Adabag, Ayse ^b   Ozalp, Solmaz ^a   Zilelioglu, Orhan ^a  

^a SSK Ankara Eye Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DAPSONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; RIFAMPICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LEPROSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; DRUG COMBINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SKIN; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; DAPSONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPIN; SKIN; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 17844406151     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940490912380     Document Type: Article

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