Multifocal Choroiditis with Panuveitis. Incidence of Ocular Complications and of Loss of Visual Acuity

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2310-2316

  Thorne, Jennifer E ^a,b   Wittenberg, Susan ^c   Jabs, Douglas A ^a,b   Peters, George B ^a   Reed, Terry L ^a   Kedhar, Sanjay R ^a   Dunn, James P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CHOROIDITIS; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANUVEITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33751513938     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.05.067     Document Type: Article

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