Sympathetic Ophthalmia: What Have We Learned?

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 632-633

  Sen, H Nida ^a   Nussenblatt, Robert B ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

EDITORIAL; ENUCLEATION; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OPHTHALMIA, SYMPATHETIC; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 70350501169     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.07.024     Document Type: Editorial

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