Unremitting sympathetic ophthalmia associated with homozygous interleukin-10-1082A single nucleotide polymorphism [9]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-156

  Glover, N ^a   Ah Chan, J J ^a   Frith, P ^a   Downes, S ^a   Atan, D ^b  

^a OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; INTERLEUKIN 10; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CHOROIDITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; LETTER; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA; VISUAL ACUITY; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERLEUKIN-10; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIA, SYMPATHETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 38349147976     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.116756     Document Type: Letter

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