Sympathetic ophthalmia after injury in the Iraq war

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-134

  Freidlin, Julie ^a   Pak, John ^a   Tessler, Howard H ^a   Putterman, Allen M ^a   Goldstein, Debra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EYE DROPS; GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE; PRODRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVISCERATION; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAQ; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR; BIOPSY; DRUG COMBINATION; EYE INJURY; FOLLOW UP; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE EVISCERATION; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; OPHTHALMIA, SYMPATHETIC; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PRODRUGS; WAR;

EID: 33646688223     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iop.0000203495.67894.c7     Document Type: Article

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