Wegener granulomatosis presenting as bilateral loss of vision

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 267-269

  Khurma, Vandana ^a   Appen, Richard ^b   Wolf, Mitchell D ^b,c   Hansen, Karen E ^a,d  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Davis Duehr Dean Clinic   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; Blindness; Branch retinal artery occlusion; Wegener granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

BLINDNESS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; PREDNISONE; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 26944435492     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000182168.78683.16     Document Type: Article

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