Wegener's granulomatosis presenting with painless bulbar-conjunctival ulcer and central retinal artery occlusion

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-53

  Toh, Tze'Yo ^a   Cooper, Richard L ^b   Parker, Andrew ^c   Vote, Brendan J ^a  

^a The Eye Hospital   (Australia)

^b Tasmanian Eye Clinics   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central retinal artery occlusion; Conjunctival ulcer; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; DISEASE COURSE; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOBLASTIN; ORBITAL DISEASES; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ULCER; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33644897876     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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