Histoplasmosis-like choroiditis in a nonendemic area: The northwest United States

Retina

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 204-212

  Watzke, Robert C ^a   Klein, Michael L ^a   Wener, Mark H ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Histoplasmosis; Multifocal choroiditis; Ocular histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROIDITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; OCULAR HISTOPLASMOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031800074     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199803000-00003     Document Type: Article

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