Progressive outer retinal necrosis in an immunocompetent patient

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 506-508

  Carrillo Pacheco, Sixto ^a,b   Vazquez Marouschek, María Del Carmen ^a   Lopez Checa, Francisca ^a   Sanchez Roman, Julio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Herpes viruses; Necrotizing herpetic retinopathy; Progressive outer retinal necrosis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NECROSIS; RETINITIS; RETINOPATHY; SEROLOGY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 0029849803     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00609.x     Document Type: Article

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