The spectrum of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in Turkey: VKH in Turkey

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 117-123

  Tugal Tutkun, Ilknur ^a   Ozyazgan, Yilmaz ^b   Akova, Yonca A ^c   Sullu, Yuksel ^d   Akyol, Nurettin ^e   Soylu, Merih ^f   Kazokoglu, Haluk ^g  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ocular complication; Visual acuity; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPIGMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TRABECULECTOMY; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34250326317     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-006-9001-1     Document Type: Article

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