Masquerade scleritis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 479-482

  Kafkala, Chrysanthi ^a   Daoud, Yassine J ^a   Paredes, Ian ^a   Foster, C Stephen ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metastatic ocular carcinoma; Scleritis; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROTON RADIATION; SCLERITIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SCLERA; SCLERITIS;

EID: 28844448690     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940591004133     Document Type: Article

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