Corticosteroids in Ocular Syphilis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1593-

  Solebo, Ameenat Lola ^a   Westcott, Mark ^a  

^a London ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PENICILLIN G; STEROID;

AGED; BONE INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PENICILLIN G; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR;

EID: 34547189130     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.04.017     Document Type: Letter

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