Recurrent posterior scleritis - Report of a case

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-56

  Horo, Saban ^a   Sudharshan, S ^a   Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Immunosuppressives; Recurrent posterior scleritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; INDOMETACIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POSTERIOR SCLERITIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLERITIS; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MACULA LUTEA; RECURRENCE; SCLERITIS;

EID: 33644766867     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940500323462     Document Type: Article

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