Conjunctival non-caseating granulomas in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive patient attributed to sarcoidosis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 309-311

  Papadaki, Thekla G ^a,b,c   Kafkala, Chrysanthi ^a   Zacharopoulos, Ioannis P ^b   Seyedahmadi B, Jian ^a   Dryja, Thaddeus ^a   Foster, C Stephen ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conjunctival non caseating granuloma; HIV; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; LOTEPREDNOL ETABONATE; NAPHAZOLINE; PHENIRAMINE MALEATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVAL NON CASEATING GRANULOMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYE SARCOIDOSIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SARCOIDOSIS; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANDROSTADIENES; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 33750305577     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940600899676     Document Type: Article

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