Birdshot Chorioretinopathy treated with dexamethasone intravitreal implant and a biologic response modifier: a successful management

Birdshot Chorioretinopathy treated with dexamethasone intravitreal implant and a biologic response modifier: a successful management

Birdshot chorioretinopathy is an organ-specific, potentially blinding chronic of bilateral inflammation of the posterior eye segment. It is seen mainly in persons who have the HLA-A29 haplotype. The diagnosis remains clinical and is based in his hallmark, which is the presence of multiples white dot...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Evangelista Marrocos de Aragao, Ieda Maria Alexandre Barreira, Cristina Muccioli, Francisco Holanda Oliveira Neto, Barbara Lorena Alves Arrais, Francisco George Magalhães de Oliveira, Gustavo Jose Arruda Mendes Carneiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2017-12-01
Series:Revista de Medicina da UFC
Subjects:
Uveitis. Birdshot chorioretinopathy. HLA-A29. Retinal vasculitis. Anti-inflammatory agents.
Online Access:http://periodicos.ufc.br/revistademedicinadaufc/article/view/20133

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