A case of polyarteritis nodosa complicated by left central retinal artery occlusion, ischemic optic neuropathy, and retinal vasculitis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 814-816

  Emad, Yasser ^a,b   Basaffar, S ^b   Ragab, Y ^a,b   Zeinhom, F ^a,b   Gheita, T ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Erfan and Bagedo Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Central retinal artery occlusion; Polyarteritis nodosa

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOT DISEASE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; MALAISE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RETINA VASCULITIS; RUBELLA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINAL VASCULITIS;

EID: 34147173385     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0270-x     Document Type: Article

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