A clinical approach to the diagnosis of retinal vasculitis

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-173

  Abu El Asrar, Ahmed M ^a,e   Herbort, Carl P ^b,c   Tabbara, Khalid F ^d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Centre for Ophthalmic Specialised Care COS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d The Eye Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fluorescein angiography; Retina; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; CELL INFILTRATION; COTTON WOOL SPOT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FROSTED BRANCH ANGIITIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NECROTIZING RETINITIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETINA ARTERITIS; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA EXUDATE; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA NECROSIS; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SUSAC SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RETINA; RETINAL VASCULITIS; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 77952237437     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-009-9301-3     Document Type: Review

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