Post-streptococcal uveitis

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 424-428

  Gallagher, Micheal J ^a   Muqit, Mahiul M K ^a   Jones, David ^a   Gavin, Mike ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASOT; Post streptococcal uveitis; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TONSILLECTOMY; UVEITIS, INTERMEDIATE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646792203     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00594.x     Document Type: Review

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