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Prompt therapy reduces the duration of systemic corticosteroids in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060–8638, Japan

    Nobuyoshi Kitaichi & Yukihiro Horie

  2. Department of Ocular Inflammation and Immunology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, 060–8638, Japan

    Shigeaki Ohno

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Kitaichi, N., Horie, Y. & Ohno, S. Prompt therapy reduces the duration of systemic corticosteroids in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 246, 1641–1642 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-008-0869-5

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