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In Vivo Dynamics of Retinal Microglial Activation During Neurodegeneration: Confocal Ophthalmoscopic Imaging and Cell Morphometry in Mouse Glaucoma
Published on: May 11, 2015
Neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations of systemic disease: rheumatologic/Inflammatory
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati and The Cincinnati Eye Institute, 10494 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45243, USA. kgolnik@cinci.rr.com
Abstract:
Rheumatologic and inflammatory systemic diseases often cause similar neurologic and neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations. A wide variety of conditions can be included in these categories. This article summarizes the most common of these conditions, including sarcoidosis, idiopathic orbital inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease, Wegener's granulomatosis, polyarteritis nodosa, Churg-Strauss syndrome, Behcet's disease, systemic lupus erythematosis, scleroderma, Sjogren's syndrome, and rheumatoid arthritis.
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