Update on Fuchs' uveitis syndrome

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 356-363

  Mohamed, Quresh ^a   Zamir, Ehud ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Fuchs' uveitis; Heterochromia; Secondary glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; STEROID;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CATARACT; CELL TYPE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FUCHS UVEITIS SYNDROME; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; LENS IMPLANT; PATHOGENESIS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SAFETY; SCREENING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS OPACITY;

CATARACT; HUMANS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 28444455292     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000187056.29563.8d     Document Type: Review

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