Control of cytomegalovirus retinitis after combination antiretroviral therapy

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 471-473

  Ruhswurm, Irene ^a   Ries, Eva ^a   Krepler, Katharina ^a   Derbolav, Agnes ^a   Rieger, Armin ^a   Armbruster, Christine ^b   Wedrich, Andreas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Pulmologisches Zentrum   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); Combination antiretroviral therapy; Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis; Maintenance therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; GANCICLOVIR; INDINAVIR; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SAQUINAVIR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

EID: 0032786596     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770425.x     Document Type: Article

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