Presumed Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease with unilateral ocular involvement: Report of three cases

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1127-1132

  Usui, Yoshihiko ^a   Goto, Hiroshi ^a   Sakai, Jun Ichi ^a   Takeuchi, Masaru ^a   Usui, Masahiko ^a   Rao, Narsing A ^a,b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraocular findings; Sunset glow fundus; Unilateral involvement; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITILIGO; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; CHOROID DISEASES; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREDNISOLONE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEITIS; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITILIGO;

EID: 67651092193     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1068-8     Document Type: Article

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