Case report: CVM retinitis in two 10-month-old children with AIDS

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 334-335

  Vadalà, Pasquale ^a   Fortunato, Michele ^a   Capozzi, Paolo ^a   Maggi, Ricardo ^a,b   Vadalà, Francesca ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINITIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EYE FUNDUS; FATALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INFANT; RETINA;

EID: 0031593585     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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