Long-term clinical outcome and causes of vision loss in patients with uveitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2387-2392

  Tomkins Netzer, Oren ^a,b   Talat, Lazha ^a,b   Bar, Asaf ^a,b   Lula, Albert ^b   Taylor, Simon R J ^c,d   Joshi, Lavnish ^a,b   Lightman, Sue ^a,b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; UNITED KINGDOM; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS OPACITY; AGED; BLINDNESS; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION, LOW;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BLINDNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UVEITIS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84961335601     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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