Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome in a patient with tubercular panuveitis

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-80

  Babu, Kalpana ^a   Gundannavar, Prashanta V ^a   Satish, Vidya ^a   Prabhakaran, Venkatesh C ^a  

^a Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

Isolated eyelid edema; Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome; Tubercular panuveitis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MELKERSSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; UVEITIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MELKERSSON-ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PANUVEITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 73849099355     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.58481     Document Type: Article

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