Seasonal hyperacute panuveitis: An update

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 496-501

  Manandhar, Anu ^a  

^a TILGANGA INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

endophthalmitis; moth; Nepal; ophthalmia nodosa; seasonal hyperacute panuveitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; VANCOMYCIN;

AUTUMN; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRIS ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMIA NODOSA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL HYPERACUTE PANUVEITIS; SUMMER; TREATMENT DURATION; UVEITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VISION; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; NEPAL; PANUVEITIS; SEASONS;

EID: 80054921807     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32834bcbf4     Document Type: Review

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