Fuchs' heterochromic uveitis: A longitudinal clinical study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-64

  Norrsell, Kerstin ^a   Sjödell, Lena ^a  

^a Ögonkliniken ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cataract; Diagnostic delay; Fuchs' heterochromic uveitis; Glaucoma; Heterochromia; Iris atrophy; Toxoplasmosis; Vitreous opacities

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHORIORETINITIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FUCHS HETEROCHROMIC UVEITIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IRIS ATROPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SWEDEN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRABECULECTOMY; UVEITIS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS FLOATERS; VITREOUS OPACITY; YAG LASER; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ATROPHY; CATARACT; CORNEA; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRIS DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETINA DISEASE; SCAR; SEROLOGY; TIME; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ATROPHY; CATARACT; CICATRIX; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRIS DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 39349117919     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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