Diagnosis and classification of autoimmune uveitis

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 591-594

  Selmi, Carlo ^a,b  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; AUTOIMMUNE UVEITIS; BLINDNESS; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE EXAMINATION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRIS; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY;

ALLELES; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HLA-B51 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS;

EID: 84896319568     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: 18730183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.01.006     Document Type: Review

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