A Cross-sectional study of the current treatment patterns in noninfectious uveitis among specialists in the United States

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 184-190

  Nguyen, Quan Dong ^a   Hatef, Elham ^a   Kayen, Brian ^b   MacAhilig, Cynthia P ^b   Ibrahim, Mohamed ^a   Wang, Jianmin ^a   Shaikh, Ovais ^a   Bodaghi, Bahram ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Market Certitude   (United States)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; EYE DROPS; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OINTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES; UVEITIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UVEITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650820110     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.03.029     Document Type: Article

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