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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)
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- Syndrome, VKH (Vogt Koyanagi Harada)
- Syndrome, Vogt Koyanagi Harada
- Uveomeningoencephalitis
- VKH (Vogt Koyanagi Harada) Syndrome
- VKH Syndrome
- Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
- Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome
- Disease, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
- Syndrome, Uveomeningoencephalitic
- Syndrome, VKH
- Syndrome, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
- Uveomeningoencephalitides
- VKH Syndrome (Vogt Koyanagi Harada)
- Vogt Koyanagi Harada Disease
- Vogt Koyanagi Harada Syndrome
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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1991(1965); was see under UVEITIS 1965-1990
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- National Library of Medicine. Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014607. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014607
- Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogt%E2%80%93Koyanagi%E2%80%93Harada_disease
- Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1238645