Bilateral panuveitis following intravesical BCG immunotherapy for bladder carcinoma

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-296

  Uppal, Gurmit S ^a   Shah, Anish N ^b   Tossounis, Charalambos M ^b   Tappin, Michael J ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Peter's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BCG vaccine; Immunotherapy; Panuveitis; Urinary bladder neoplasms; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FIBRIN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; MYDRIATIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ACCOMMODATION; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLURRED VISION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION DEFECT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE EDEMA; EYE IRRITATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; OPTIC DISK; REBOUND; SUNCT SYNDROME; TONOMETER; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MYDRIATICS; PANUVEITIS; PREDNISOLONE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77954871351     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2010.486099     Document Type: Article

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