Diagnostic pars plana vitrectomy and aqueous analyses in patients with uveitis of unknown cause

Retina

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 108-114

  Oahalou, Abdelkarim ^a   Schellekens, Peter A W J F ^a   De Groot Mijnes, Jolanda D ^a   Rothova, Aniki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aqueous analysis; Diagnostic vitrectomy; Uveitis; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CILIARY DISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAOCULAR LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; UVEITIS; VERY ELDERLY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891876931     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31828e6985     Document Type: Article

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