Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: Inquiry into the genesis of a disease name in the historical context of Switzerland and Japan

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 67-79

  Herbort, Carl P ^a,b,c,d   Mochizuki, Manabu ^d  

^a Centre for Ophthalmic Specialized Care COS   (Switzerland)

^b Foundation Memorial A de Rothschild   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

History; Japan; Switzerland; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHOROID; DISEASE COURSE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; INTEGUMENT; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MALAISE; MENINX DISORDER; NOMENCLATURE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA DETACHMENT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SWITZERLAND; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA; SYNDROME; UVEITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JAPAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PORTRAITS; SWITZERLAND; TERMINOLOGY; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 34250369698     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9083-4     Document Type: Article

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