Efficacy of interferon-α for the treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus-associated uveitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 746-748

  Brasnu, Emmanuelle ^a   Wechsler, Bertrand ^a   Bron, Alain ^b   Charlotte, Frederic ^a,b   Bliefeld, Philippe ^c   Lehoang, Phuc ^a   Marcelin, Anne Genevieve ^a   Bodaghi, Bahram ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Pitie Salpetriere Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VISION;

AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA, VIRAL; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; UVEITIS;

EID: 26844483151     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.04.025     Document Type: Article

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