Acute retinal necrosis in the course of AIDS: Study of 26 cases

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-60

  Batisse, Dominique ^a   Eliaszewicz, Muriel ^a   Zazoun, Lydie ^b   Baudrimont, Marielle ^c   Pialoux, Gilles ^a   Dupont, Bertrand ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute retinal necrosis; HIV infection; Retrobulbar optic neuritis; Varicella tester virus infection

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FOSCARNET;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA ARTERITIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA NECROSIS; RETROBULBAR OPTIC NEUROPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

EID: 0030069353     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199601000-00008     Document Type: Article

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