 Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome
"Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A syndrome characterized by bilateral granulomatous UVEITIS with IRITIS and secondary GLAUCOMA, premature ALOPECIA, symmetrical VITILIGO, poliosis circumscripta (a strand of depigmented hair), HEARING DISORDERS, and meningeal signs (neck stiffness and headache). Examination of the cerebrospinal fluid reveals a pattern consistent with MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p748; Surv Ophthalmol 1995 Jan;39(4):265-292)
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D014607
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.114.843 C11.941.879.980 C20.111.258.925
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| Concept/Terms |
Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome- Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome
- Syndrome, Uveomeningoencephalitic
- Uveomeningoencephalitis
- Uveomeningoencephalitides
- VKH Syndrome
- Syndrome, VKH
- Syndrome, VKH (Vogt Koyanagi Harada)
- VKH Syndrome (Vogt Koyanagi Harada)
- Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
- Disease, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
- Vogt Koyanagi Harada Disease
- VKH (Vogt Koyanagi Harada) Syndrome
- Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome
- Syndrome, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
- Vogt Koyanagi Harada Syndrome
- Syndrome, Vogt Koyanagi Harada
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Su E, Oza VS, Latkany P. A case of recalcitrant pediatric Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease successfully controlled with adalimumab. J Formos Med Assoc. 2019 May; 118(5):945-950.
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Bhandari R, Dacey M, Schwartz S, Olson J, Quiroz-Mercado H, Mandava N, Oliver SC. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease masquerading as a lymphoproliferative process of the uvea. Br J Ophthalmol. 2013 Nov; 97(11):1482-3, 1489-90.
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Heier JS, Uyemura M, Enzenauer RW, Enzenauer RJ, Waterhouse WJ. Vision loss in a woman of American Indian heritage. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome (uveoencephalitis). Arch Dermatol. 1995 Jan; 131(1):83, 86.
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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, Kuwabara T, Nussenblatt RB. Immunopathologic study of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome. Am J Ophthalmol. 1988 Jun 15; 105(6):607-11.
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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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