Vitritis as the primary manifestation of ocular syphilis in patients with HIV infection

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 306-311

  Kuo, Irene C ^a   Kapusta, Michael A ^a   Rao, Narsing A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; EYE DROPS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SCOPOLAMINE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

EID: 0032030934     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)80136-6     Document Type: Article

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