Relapsing uveitis and optic neuritis due to chronic Q fever

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Million, M ^a   Halfon, J ^b   Le Lez, M L ^b   Drancourt, Michel ^a   Raoult, D ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAPILLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SLIT LAMP; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; Q FEVER; UVEITIS;

EID: 79959340101     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.169615     Document Type: Article

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