Spectrum of Behçet's disease in the Indian population

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 495-501

  Sachdev, Nishant ^a   Kapali, Nandhini ^a   Singh, Ramandeep ^a   Gupta, Vishali ^a   Gupta, Amod ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Corticosteroids; Epidemiology; Immunosuppressants; India; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CATARACT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENTEROPATHY; EPIDIDYMITIS; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; INDIA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH ULCER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PAPILLITIS; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETINITIS; SKIN DISEASE; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72349094321     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-008-9273-8     Document Type: Article

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