White dot syndromes: A 20-year study of incidence, clinical features, and outcomes

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 426-430

  Abu Yaghi, Nakhleh E ^a,b   Hartono, Stella P ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Pulido, Jose S ^a   Bakri, Sophie J ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy; incidence; multiple evanescent white dot syndrome; uveitis; white dot syndromes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRDSHOT CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHOROID DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; RETINOPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UVEITIS; WHITE DOT SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHOROID DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PROGNOSIS; PSORIASIS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855224876     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2011.624287     Document Type: Article

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