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Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in a case of multiple sclerosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17414871     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A 34-year-old woman in whom multiple sclerosis (MS) had been diagnosed 2 years earlier developed progressive bilateral visual loss associated with peripapillary exudative retinal detachment and other features of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome. She was treated with corticosteroid pulses and interferon beta-1A with visual acuity improvement and resolution of the retinal detachment. This is the first reported case of VKH syndrome in a patient with MS. The combination of VKH syndrome and MS suggests a common autoimmune pathogenesis.
Authors:
Javier A Montero; M Eugenia Sanchis; Marta Fernandez-Munoz
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society     Volume:  27     ISSN:  1070-8022     ISO Abbreviation:  J Neuroophthalmol     Publication Date:  2007 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-04-06     Completed Date:  2007-05-03     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9431308     Medline TA:  J Neuroophthalmol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  36-40     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
VISSUM, Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Retina Unit, Alicante, Spain. msm02va@wanadoo.es
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adjuvants, Immunologic / administration & dosage,  therapeutic use
Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Progression
Drug Administration Routes
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Fluorescein Angiography
Fundus Oculi
Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage,  therapeutic use
Humans
Interferon-beta / administration & dosage,  therapeutic use
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Multiple Sclerosis / complications*,  diagnosis
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / diagnosis,  drug therapy,  etiology*
Visual Acuity
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Adjuvants, Immunologic; 0/Glucocorticoids; 145258-61-3/interferon beta 1a; 77238-31-4/Interferon-beta

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