Peripheral iris depigmentation and ocular hypotony: Result of the natural course of non-treated Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 221-222

  Attia, Sonia ^a   Zaouali, Sonia ^a   Bettaieb, Abdelbasset ^a   Yahia, Salim Ben ^a   Khairallah, Moncef ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPIGMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; IRIS ATROPHY; IRIS DISEASE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA DETACHMENT; SKIN DEFECT; SLIT LAMP; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; VISUAL ACUITY; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; IRIS DISEASES; OCULAR HYPOTENSION; RECURRENCE; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 34250335277     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9048-7     Document Type: Article

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