Gray-white, spherical deposition on retinal vessel associated with acute retinal necrosis and diabetic retinopathy in HTLV-I carriers

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 490-494

  Nakao, Kumiko ^a   Ohba, Norio ^a   Uemura, Akinori ^a   Okubo, Akiko ^a   Sameshima, Munefumi ^a   Hayami, Kayoko ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute retinal necrosis; Diabetic retinopathy; HTLV I; Spherical vascular deposit

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA NECROSIS; VIRUS CARRIER; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY;

EID: 0032214543     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(98)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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