Cicatrization of cytomegalovirus retinitis following introduction of highly active anti-retroviral therapy: Uveitis as a possible indicator of good ocular prognosis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 236, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 795-797

  Herbort, Carl P ^a,b,c   Chave, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b La Source Hospital   (Switzerland)

^c Centre Ophtalmologique de La Source   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; INDINAVIR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINITIS; SCAR FORMATION; SLIT LAMP; UVEITIS;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CICATRIX; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HIV PROTEASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INDINAVIR; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS;

EID: 0031717316     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050161     Document Type: Article

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