Vitrectomy for the Diagnosis and Management of Uveitis of Unknown Cause

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1893-1897

  Margolis, Ron ^a   Brasil, Oswaldo F M ^a   Lowder, Careen Y ^a   Singh, Rishi P ^a   Kaiser, Peter K ^a   Smith, Scott D ^a   Perez, Victor L ^a   Sonnie, Christine ^a   Sears, Jonathan E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BIOPSY; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EYE INFECTIONS; EYE NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 34748914394     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.01.038     Document Type: Article

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