Sympathetic ophthalmia: A blinding complication of ocular injury

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 44, Issue 158, 2005, Pages 57-59

  Subedi, Sudesh ^a  

^a Shree Rana Ambika Shah Eye Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Granulomatous panuveitis; Ocular injury; Sympathetic ophthalmia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA;

EID: 33645403409     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.400     Document Type: Article

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