Scleritis in a person with stiff-person syndrome

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-39

  Taban, Mehryar ^a   Langston, Roger H S ^a   Lowder, Careen Y ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Scleritis; Stiff man syndrome; Stiff person syndrome

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IRIDOCYCLITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; STIFF PERSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERITIS; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 33847295119     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940601147646     Document Type: Article

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