Ocular sarcoidosis in Southern Taiwan

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 152-157

  Sheu, Shwu Jiuan ^a,b,c   Chang, Fang Ping ^a   Wu, Tsung Tien ^a,b   Chuang, Chiu Tung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Yuh Ing Junior College of Health Care and Management   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Ocular; Sarcoidosis; Taiwan; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLURRED VISION; CATARACT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TAIWAN; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS FLOATERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BIOPSY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952811169     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273941003637502     Document Type: Article

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