Clinical and optical coherence tomographic findings and outcome of treatment in patients with presumed tuberculous uveitis

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 413-423

  Al Mezaine, Hani S ^a   Al Muammar, Abdulrahman ^a   Kangave, Dustan ^a   Abu El Asrar, Ahmed M ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Macular edema; Optical coherence tomography; Tuberculosis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHLEBITIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINITIS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS UVEITIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 57349194577     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9170-6     Document Type: Article

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