Atopic optic neuritis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-127

  Constantinescu, C S ^a   Thomas, M ^a   Zaman, A G ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; IgE; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; SERUM; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OPTIC NEURITIS;

EID: 33645776760     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940500545643     Document Type: Article

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