Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 9-13

  Hinkle, David M ^a   Foster, C Stephen ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE RESEARCH AND SURGERY INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; BIOMICROSCOPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALAISE; NAUSEA; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; URINALYSIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; SYNDROME; UVEITIS;

EID: 42449110016     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IIO.0b013e3181694db9     Document Type: Review

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