Punctate inner choroidopathy: Resolution after oral steroid treatment and review of the literature

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 605-608

  Levy, Jaime ^a   Shneck, Marina ^a   Klemperer, Itamar ^a   Lifshitz, Tova ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Choroidal neovascularization; Oral steroids; Punctate inner choroidopathy

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

CHOROID DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; REVIEW; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 27644478261     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(05)80053-5     Document Type: Article

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