Optic perineuritis secondary to Wegener's granulomatosis

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 712-717

  Purvin, Valerie ^a   Kawasaki, Aki ^b  

^a MIDWEST EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Optic neuritis; Optic perineuritis; Orbital inflammatory disease; Orbital pseudotumour; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTIC PERINEURITIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; ORBIT; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 70350173599     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02122.x     Document Type: Article

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