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Lab tests, first-line therapy issues key to VKH disease.
- Source :
- Ophthalmology Times; 6/15/2005, Vol. 30 Issue 12, p43-48, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Discusses the diagnosis and therapeutic approaches to Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease, a serious inflammatory disorder directed against melanin-containing cells in the uveal tract. Revelation of pleocytosis in the majority of the cases in the lumbar puncture; Usefulness of human leukocyte antigen as a diagnostic test; Effectiveness of ultrasonography in performing exclusion diagnosis of posterior scleritis.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0193032X
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Ophthalmology Times
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 17403737