Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome mimicking serpiginous choroidopathy

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 278-281

  Tang, Johnny ^a,b   Fillmore, Gary ^c   Nussenblatt, Robert B ^d  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c Eye Consultants   (United States)

^d NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (Hughes syndrome); Fluorescein angiography; Indocyanine green angiography; Serpiginous retino choroidopathy treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINOPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA VASCULITIS; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCOTOMA; SERPIGINOUS CHOROIDOPATHY; SLIT LAMP; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; UVEITIS;

AGED; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CHOROID DISEASES; COLORING AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINAL VASCULITIS;

EID: 68849122710     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940902989340     Document Type: Article

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