Immunosuppressants used in a steroid-sparing strategy for childhood uveitis

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-34

  Schatz, Claude Speeg ^a   Uzel, Jean Louis ^a   Leininger, Laurent ^a   Danner, Stéphanie ^b   Terzic, Joëlle ^b   Fischbach, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; MYDRIATIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROPATHY; CATARACT; CHILD; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KERATITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33847162164     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20070101-03     Document Type: Review

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