 Ophthalmia, Sympathetic
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Granulomatous uveitis which follows in one eye after a penetrating injury to the other eye; the secondarily affected eye is called the sympathizing eye, and the injured eye is called the exciting or activating eye.
| Descriptor ID |
D009879
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.941.879.780.500 C20.111.709
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| Concept/Terms |
Ophthalmia, Sympathetic- Ophthalmia, Sympathetic
- Ophthalmias, Sympathetic
- Sympathetic Ophthalmia
- Sympathetic Ophthalmias
- Uveitis, Sympathetic
- Sympathetic Uveitides
- Sympathetic Uveitis
- Uveitides, Sympathetic
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Davis JL, Mittal KK, Freidlin V, Mellow SR, Optican DC, Palestine AG, Nussenblatt RB. HLA associations and ancestry in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease and sympathetic ophthalmia. Ophthalmology. 1990 Sep; 97(9):1137-42.
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Chan CC, Palestine AG, Nussenblatt RB, Roberge FG, Benezra D. Anti-retinal auto-antibodies in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, Behcet's disease, and sympathetic ophthalmia. Ophthalmology. 1985 Aug; 92(8):1025-8.
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Chan CC, Benezra D, Rodrigues MM, Palestine AG, Hsu SM, Murphree AL, Nussenblatt RB. Immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy of choroidal infiltrates and Dalen-Fuchs nodules in sympathetic ophthalmia. Ophthalmology. 1985 Apr; 92(4):580-90.
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