Uveitis in juvenile Behçet's disease: Clinical course and visual outcome compared with adult patients

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2034-2041

  Kramer, M ^a,e   Amer, R ^b,c   Mukamel, M ^d,e   Snir, M ^d,e   Jaouni, T ^b   Friling, R ^d,e  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Juvenile; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AZATHIOPRINE; BEVACIZUMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRIS RUBEOSIS; JUVENILE; MACULAR SCAR; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; PTHYSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINITIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; RECURRENCE; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450199605     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.397     Document Type: Article

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