Posterior sympathetic ophthalmia: A single centre long-term study of 40 patients from North India

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1459-1464

  Gupta, V ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Dogra, M R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Exudative retinal detachment; Sympathetic ophthalmia

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PAPILLEDEMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA EXUDATE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASCULITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

EID: 65349161442     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702927     Document Type: Article

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