Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy after meningiococcal C conjugate vaccine

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-221

  Yang, David S ^a   Hilford, David J ^a   Conrad, Diana ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunization; Meningococcal group C polysaccharide; Meningococcal vaccines; Neisseria meningitidis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HOMATROPINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; NEISVAC C; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PREDNISOLONE; RETINAL DISEASES; TROPANES; UVEITIS;

EID: 18644381749     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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