Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in thai patients

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2005, Pages

  Tesavibul, Nattaporn ^a,c   Sansanayuth, Wiwon ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Poliosis; Serous retinal detachment; Vitiligo; VKH; Vogt Koyanagi Harada

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LIVER ENZYME; METHOTREXATE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITILIGO; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 31544463551     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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