Clinical and investigative profile of biopsy-proven sarcoid uveitis in India

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 17-22

  Ganesh, Sudha K ^a   Agarwal, Manisha ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Clinical profile; Diagnosis; Ocular sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CORNEA; EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VISION;

EID: 41649116416     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940801904150     Document Type: Article

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