Elevated laser flare values correlate with complicated course of anterior uveitis in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Christoph, Tappeiner ^a,b   Carsten, Heinz ^a,c   Martin, Roesel ^a   Arnd, Heiligenhaus ^a,c  

^a ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

juvenile idiopathic arthritis; laser flare; outcome; uveitis

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KERATOPATHY; LASER FLARE CELL METER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLEDEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BLOOD-AQUEOUS BARRIER; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80052080591     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02162.x     Document Type: Article

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