Utility of lumbar puncture in diagnosis of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 189-194

  Tsai, Julie H ^a   Sukavatcharin, Somsiri ^a   Rao, Narsing A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Fluorescein angiography; Lumbar puncture; Pleocytosis; Uveomeningitic syndrome; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLEOCYTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 34250306390     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9044-y     Document Type: Article

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