Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
By Dr. Sophie Vargas, MD · · Orthopedics
Patients often ask us about Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. Here is what our Orthopedics clinicians want you to know.
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Topic: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. An autoimmune disease that is caused by T helper cell mediated autoimmune attack of melanocytes resulting in inflammation of the inside of the eye, whitening of hair, skin pigment loss, and meningitis.
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- chenodeoxycholic acid supplementation
- vitamin K supplementation
- thermal hydrotherapy
- skull CT
- hematopoietic cell morphology measurement
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