Rubella Virus-Associated Uveitis: Clinical Manifestations and Visual Prognosis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-297

  de Visser, Lenneke ^a   Braakenburg, Arthur ^a   Rothova, Aniki ^a   de Boer, Joke H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUCHS HETEROCHROMIC UVEITIS; GOLDMANN WITMER COEFFICIENT; HETEROCHROMIA IRIDIS; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRIS ATROPHY; IRIS DISEASE; KERATITIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA VIRUS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; UVEA DISEASE; UVEITIS; VITREOUS OPACITY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 47549096780     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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