Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

Retina

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1544-1549

  Marcus, Edward I ^a   Do, Diana V ^a   Shah, Syed Mahmood ^a   Nguyen, Quan Dong ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DAMAGE; CHORIORETINITIS; CHORIORETINOPATHY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; SLIT LAMP; UVEITIS; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREORETINOPATHY; VITREOUS BODY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIGRATION; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; SIERRA LEONE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHORIORETINITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; SIERRA LEONE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58949089247     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181846609     Document Type: Article

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