Clinical profile of ocular sarcoidosis in a South Indian patient population

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 362-369

  Babu, Kalpana ^a   Kini, Raghuvir ^a   Mehta, Ravindra ^b   Abraham, Mariamma Philips ^c   Subbakrishna, Dk ^c   Murthy, Krishna R ^a  

^a Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Centre   (India)

^b Wockhardt Hospitals   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Biopsy; High resolution CT; Ocular; Sarcoidosis; Systemic

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; METHOTREXATE; MINOCYCLINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EYE BIOPSY; EYE DISEASE; EYE EDEMA; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE SARCOIDOSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; UVEITIS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PANUVEITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STEROIDS; THORACIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956856357     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2010.495813     Document Type: Article

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