Tuberculosis

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 493-501

  Tabbara, Khalid F ^a  

^a The Eye Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Choroiditis; Ocular; Scleritis; Tuberculosis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BCG VACCINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPENTOLATE; CYCLOSPORIN; ESTROGEN; ETHAMBUTOL; EXOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; ISONIAZID; KETOCONAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; THEOPHYLLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WARFARIN;

ADNEXA DISEASE; BLINDNESS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LOSS; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HYPERURICEMIA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; INFLAMMATION; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOKORIA; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LESION; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PINK URINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA VASCULITIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE INJURY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS CHOROIDITIS; URINE COLOR; VACCINATION; SCLERITIS;

CHOROIDITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SCLERITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 38449121940     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3282f06d2e     Document Type: Review

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