Posterior scleritis and its association with HLA B27 haplotype

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 275-278

  Anshu, Arundhati ^a   Chee, Soon Phaik ^a  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; HLA B27 haplotype; Posterior scleritis

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN; STEROID;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ATROPHY; B SCAN; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE PAIN; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTIC DISK; POSTERIOR SCLERITIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM ATROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCLERITIS; SINGAPORE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; DIPLOPIA; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SCLERITIS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 34250719931     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101931     Document Type: Review

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