Diffuse granulomatous necrotizing scleritis

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-265

  Pecorella, Irene ^a   La Cava, Maurizio ^b   Mannino, Giuseppe ^b   Pinca, Marco ^b   Pezzi, Paola Pivetti ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Histology; Posterior scleritis; Visual loss; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; SCLERITIS; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EYE ENUCLEATION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; SCLERITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33645470473     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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