Bilateral Acute Depigmentation of the Iris: Report of 26 New Cases and Four-year Follow-up of Two Patients

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Tugal Tutkun, Ilknur ^a   Araz, Bilge ^a   Taskapili, Muhittin ^b   Akova, Yonca A ^c   Yalniz Akkaya, Züleyha ^d   Berker, Nilüfer ^e   Emre, Sinan ^f   Gezer, Acun ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VAKIF GUREBA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE

^e Ankara Ulucanlar Eye Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^f INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PIGMENT; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPIGMENTATION; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; IRIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PIGMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPILLOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS EXAMINATION;

EID: 67949095823     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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