Orbital inflammatory disease: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1196-1206

  Gordon, L K ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Myositis; Orbit; Pseudotumour

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; FOLIC ACID; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BONE DISEASE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL TUMOR; COUGHING; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPEPSIA; FATIGUE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATURIA; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INJURY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOOD CHANGE; MYALGIA; ORBIT INFLAMMATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; REINFECTION; SARCOIDOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WEIGHT CHANGE;

EID: 33749479228     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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