The natural history of Stevens-Johnson syndrome: Patterns of chronic ocular disease and the role of systemic immunosuppressive therapy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1048-1053

  Victoria De Rojas, M ^a   Dart, John K G ^a   Saw, Valerie P J ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; INFLIXIMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; SULFAPYRIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 34547181955     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.109124     Document Type: Article

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