Periocular corticosteroid injection in the management of uveitis in children

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Habot Wilner, Zohar ^a   Sallam, Ahmed ^a   Roufas, Athena ^b   Kabasele, Paul Mb ^a   Grigg, John R ^c   McCluskey, Peter ^b   Lightman, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

children; corticosteroids; orbital floor injection; periocular injection; uveitis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DISEASE CONTROL; EYE FUNDUS; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LENS; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERIOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS DISEASE; VITRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ORBIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78649837857     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.02025.x     Document Type: Article

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