Rift Valley fever retinopathy: Observations in a new outbreak

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 377-380

  Elwan, M Sherif ^a   Sharaf, Mohamed H ^d   Gameel, Khaled ^b   El Hadi, Emad ^c   Arthur, Ray R ^e  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EGYPT; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS;

EID: 0030732406     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.377     Document Type: Article

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