Pseudouveitis - Analysis of cases misdiagnosed as posterior uveitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-20

  Nagpal, Amit ^a   Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b SANKARA NETHRALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Posterior uveitis; Pseudouveitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROPATHY; OUTPATIENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SLIT LAMP; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; UVEITIS;

ADULT; CHOROID DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR;

EID: 33644749166     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940500545627     Document Type: Article

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