Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 7 , Pages 377-380 , July 2008

Severe Vaso-occlusive Retinopathy as the Primary Manifestation in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

  • Tsung-Yu Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yu-Mei Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Uveitis Service, Department of Ophthalmology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Yu-Mei Chung, Uveitis Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • An-Fei Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chang-Youh Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 29 May 2007 ,Accepted 22 January 2008.

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PII: S1726-4901(08)70144-8

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70144-8

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 7 , Pages 377-380 , July 2008

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