Use of laser flare-cell photometry to quantify intraocular inflammation in patients with Beḩet uveitis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1169-1177

  Tugal Tutkun, Ilknur ^a   Cingü, Kürsat ^a   Kir, Nur ^a   Yeniad, Baris ^a   Urgancioglu, Meri ^a   Gül, Ahmet ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et disease; Laser flare cell photometry; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BEHCET UVEITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EYE FUNDUS; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LASER FLARE CELL METER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BEHCET SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 46949111193     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-008-0823-6     Document Type: Article

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