Work-up, diagnosis and management of acute Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: A case of acute myopization with granulomatous uveitis

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 105-115

  Mantovani, Alessandro ^a   Resta, Anna ^a   Herbort, Carl P ^b,c   Abu El Asrar, Ahmed ^d   Kawaguchi, Tatsushi ^e   Mochizuki, Manabu ^e   Okada, Annabelle A ^f   Rao, Narsing A ^g  

^a VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Centre for Ophthalmic Specialized Care COS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myopization; Bilateral anterior granulomatous uveitis; Papillitis

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; NIMESULIDE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALAISE; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PAPILLITIS; PHOTOMETRY; SCOTOMA; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AZATHIOPRINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MYOPIA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34250338191     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9052-y     Document Type: Article

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