Ocular manifestations of polyarteritis nodosa.
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Polyarteritis nodosa, with an unusual ocular presentation.
POLYARTERITIS nodosa (periarteritis nodosa), first described by Kussmaul and Maier (1866), is a relatively rare disease, but considerable attention has been paid to it in recent years. Duke-Elder (1962), describing the condition, wrote: "this is a disseminated disease of obscure cause characterized by necrosing obliterative lesions of small arteries and arterioles which appear nodular owing to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.51.10.696