Sudden loss of vision caused by a vasculitic ophthalmic artery occlusion in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis and Crohn's disease

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1438-

  Soomro, H ^a,b   Armstrong, M ^a   Graham, E M ^a   Stanford, M R ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33750737718     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.097097     Document Type: Article

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