Leber's neuroretinitis in a patient with serologic evidence of Bartonella elizabethae

Retina

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-278

  O'Halloran, H S ^a   Draud, K ^a   Minix, M ^a   Rivard, A K ^b   Pearson, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Univ of Kentucky Coll of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLACEAE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MALE; RETINITIS; SEROLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031800655     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199803000-00015     Document Type: Article

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