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Immune System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System > Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System > Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome
Eye Diseases > Uveal Diseases > Uveitis > Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome

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Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Disease, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
  • Syndrome, VKH
  • Syndrome, VKH (Vogt Koyanagi Harada)
  • Syndrome, Vogt Koyanagi Harada
  • Syndrome, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
  • Uveomeningoencephalitides
  • Uveomeningoencephalitis
  • VKH Syndrome
  • VKH Syndrome (Vogt Koyanagi Harada)
  • VKH (Vogt Koyanagi Harada) Syndrome
  • Vogt Koyanagi Harada Disease
  • Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
  • Vogt Koyanagi Harada Syndrome
  • Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome

Scope note

  • A syndrome characterized by bilateral granulomatous UVEITIS with IRITIS and secondary GLAUCOMA, premature ALOPECIA, symmetrical VITILIGO, poliosis circumscripta (a strand of depigmented hair), HEARING DISORDERS, and meningeal signs (neck stiffness and headache). Examination of the cerebrospinal fluid reveals a pattern consistent with MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p748; Surv Ophthalmol 1995 Jan;39(4):265-292)

History note

  • 1991(1965); was see under UVEITIS 1965-1990

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014607

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