Pars planitis in children: Epidemiologic, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 288-293

  Romero, Ricardo ^a,b   Peralta, Jesus ^a   Sendagorta, Elena ^a   Abelairas, Jose ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DEFLAZACORT; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LASER COAGULATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETINOSCHISIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PARS PLANITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 35348835592     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20070901-03     Document Type: Article

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