TITLE

Fluocinolone acetonide/triamcinolone

PUB. DATE

July 2014

SOURCE

Reactions Weekly;Jul2014, Vol. 1508 Issue 1, p18

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article presents a case study of a 66-year-old man who was diagnosed with cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis or acute retinal necrosis after being medicated with triamcinolone or fluocinolone acetonide for Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease with steroid-induced cataracts and ocular hypertension.

ACCESSION #

96926178

 

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