Mycophenolate mofetil therapy for inflammatory eye disease

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1472-1477

  Thorne, Jennifer E ^a,b,d   Jabs, Douglas A ^a,b   Qazi, Faqir A ^c   Quan, Dong Nguyen ^a   Kempen, John H ^a,b   Dunn, James P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Ocular Immunology Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LIVER ENZYME; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CYTOPENIA; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EYE INFLAMMATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORBIT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS;

EID: 23044452511     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.02.020     Document Type: Article

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