Caso contributivo
Una mancata cataratta
Cataract, Idiopathic anterior uveitis, Immunosuppressive therapy
Dante
Ferrara1, Alessandra Macaluso2
1Pediatra
di famiglia, ASP n. 6 Palermo, Docente di Cure Primarie Scuola di
Specializzazione in Pediatria, Università degli Studi di
Palermo
2Assistente
in Formazione Scuola di Specializzazione in Pediatria, Università
degli studi di Palermo
Febbraio 2013
Abstract
The case of a six-year-old child with idiopathic uveitis that initially was difficult to diagnose is described. Once the correct diagnosis was made, the little patient was adequately treated with immunosuppressants, which determined the clinical resolution of the case.
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