Clinical and immunological features of retinal vasculitis in systemic diseases
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Clinical and immunological features of retinal vasculitis in systemic diseases.
BACKGROUND/AIM Vasculitis is a clinical, pathologic process characterized by inflammation and necrosis of blood vessel occuring anywhere in the body. The aim of the study was to present some clinical and immunologic features of retinal vasculitis in systemic diseases: systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis, Behcet's diseases, and others. METHODS A total of 1 254 peatien...
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عنوان ژورنال: Military Medical and Pharmaceutical Journal of Serbia
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0042-8450,2406-0720
DOI: 10.2298/vsp0912961p