Diagnostic vitrectomy for the diagnosis and management of posterior uveitis of unknown etiology

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 218-224

  Margolis, Ron ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Infection; Malignancy; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE CANCER; EYE INFECTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; INTRAOCULAR LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; UVEITIS; VITRECTOMY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 42149169982     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3282fc261d     Document Type: Review

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