Vogt koyanagi harada disease: Treatment and visual prognosis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 740-742

  Alam, Mumtaz ^a   Iqbal, Mustafa ^a   Khan, Bakht Samar ^a   Hussain, Ibrar ^a  

^a KHYBER TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Uveitis; Vogt koyanagi harada disease

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; DISEASE DURATION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; STEROID THERAPY; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885809415     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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