Prevalence, clinical characteristics, and causes of vision loss in children with vogt-koyanagi-harada disease in south india

Retina

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1113-1121

  Martin, Taliva D ^a   Rathinam, Sivakumar R ^b   Cunningham Jr , Emmett T ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYE DISEASE; EYE PAIN; EYE REDNESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGISM; PHOTOPHOBIA; POLIOSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TINNITUS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITILIGO; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77954744337     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181c96a87     Document Type: Article

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