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Algorithm for Workup of Retinal Vasculitis

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Retinal vasculitis is a sight-threatening inflammatory eye condition that involves the retinal vessels. It may occur as an isolated idiopathic condition, as a complication of infective or neoplastic disorders, or in association with systemic inflammatory disease.

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  1. College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, Airport Road, P. O. Box 245, Riyadh, 11411, Saudi Arabia

    Ahmed M. Abu El-Asrar

  2. Dr. Nasser Al-Rashid Research Chair in Ophthalmology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Ahmed M. Abu El-Asrar

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

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Abu El-Asrar, A.M. (2016). Algorithm for Workup of Retinal Vasculitis. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_78-1

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