Serous retinal detachments complicating interferon-α and ribavirin treatment in patients with hepatitis C

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-110

  Modorati, Giulio ^a   Di Matteo, Federico ^a   Miserocchi, Elisabetta ^a   Colucci, Annalisa ^a   Bandello, Francesco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Interferon; Serous retinal detachment; Uveitis; Vogt Koyanagi Harada

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINOPATHY; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; SEROUS RETINA DETACHMENT; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

EID: 79957590044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326747     Document Type: Article

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