Treatment of idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease with cyclosporine-a: A case presentation

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 260-261

  Zacharopoulos, Ioannis P ^a,b   Papadaki, Thekla ^b   Manor, Riri S ^c   Briscoe, Daniel ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine A; Idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOOD CHANGE; OBESITY; ORBIT INFLAMMATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ORBITAL PSEUDOTUMOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71449109331     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820530903392639     Document Type: Article

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