Role of Anti-Tubercular Therapy in Uveitis With Latent/Manifest Tuberculosis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Bansal, Reema ^a   Gupta, Amod ^a   Gupta, Vishali ^a   Dogra, Mangat Ram ^a   Bambery, Pradeep ^a   Arora, Sunil Kumar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 54449095176     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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