Ocular Signs Predictive of Tubercular Uveitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 562-570

  Gupta, Amod ^a   Bansal, Reema ^a   Gupta, Vishali ^a   Sharma, Aman ^a   Bambery, Pradeep ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOROIDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA VASCULITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULAR UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROIDITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VASCULITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949654031     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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