Serpiginous-like choroiditis as sign of intraocular tuberculosis

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Znaor, Ljubo ^a   Medic, Aleksej ^a   Karaman, Ksenija ^a   Perkovic, Dijana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Case report; Choroiditis; Drug therapy; Latent tuberculosis; Posterior uveitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CHOROIDITIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REMISSION; SEROLOGY; SERPIGINOUS CHOROIDITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULAR CHOROIDITIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79959983771     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881839     Document Type: Article

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