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Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome

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Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome is a rare multisystem autoimmune disease affecting the eyes, brain, inner ear, and skin.

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  1. Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Laurence Jaworski MD, FRCSC

  2. Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Université de Montréal, 1560, rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, Québec, H2L 4 M1, Canada

    Laurence Jaworski MD, FRCSC

  3. Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Jared E. Knickelbein MD, PhD, Robert B. Nussenblatt MD, MPH & H. Nida Sen MD, MHS

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Correspondence to Laurence Jaworski MD, FRCSC .

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  1. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, USA

    Carlos A. Medina

  2. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, MIAMI, Florida, USA

    Justin H. Townsend

  3. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Arun D. Singh

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Jaworski, L., Knickelbein, J.E., Nussenblatt, R.B., Sen, H.N. (2016). Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome. In: Medina, C., Townsend, J., Singh, A. (eds) Manual of Retinal Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20460-4_97

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