Syphilitic uveitis: An Asian perspective

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 594-597

  Anshu, A ^a   Cheng, C L ^a   Chee, S P ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UVEITIS;

EID: 43649095786     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.133843     Document Type: Review

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