Necrotizing scleritis in a case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease
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Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease is a chronic, granulomatous systemic autoimmune disease with manifestations in the ocular, central nervous, auditory, and integumentary systems. The target of attack seems to be antigens associated with melanocytes. Patients are usually of Asian, Middle Eastern, Asian Indian, Native American, or Hispanic ethnicity, and complain of neurologic symptoms quickly followe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oman Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0974-620X
DOI: 10.4103/0974-620x.169909