Laser flare photometry: A noninvasive, objective, and quantitative method to measure intraocular inflammation

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 453-464

  Tugal Tutkun, Ilknur ^a   Herbort, Carl P ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Center for Ophthalmic Specialized Care   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aqueous cells; Aqueous flare; Intraocular inflammation; Laser flare cell photometry; Laser flare photometry; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; APRACLONIDINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIMATOPROST; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; LATANOPROST; MANNITOL; MYDRIATIC AGENT; PHENYLEPHRINE; PILOCARPINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TRAVOPROST; TROPICAMIDE;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARGON LASER; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD EYE BARRIER; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FUCHS UVEITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LASER COAGULATION; LASER FLARE CELL PHOTOMETRY; LASER FLARE PHOTOMETRY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHOTOMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLIT LAMP; TRABECULOPLASTY; UVEITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; BEHCET SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LASERS; PHOTOMETRY; UVEITIS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 78649332996     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-009-9310-2     Document Type: Review

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