Intraocular inflammatory reactions without focal necrotizing retinochoroiditis in patients with acquired systemic toxoplasmosis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 413-420

  Holland, Gary N ^a   Mmuccioli, Cristina ^b   Silveira, Claudio ^c   Weisz, James M ^a   Belfort Jr, Rubens ^b   O'Connor, G Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Clinica Silveira   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA VASCULITIS; SCAR FORMATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VITREOUS BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID DISEASES; CHOROIDITIS; CICATRIX; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0032835882     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00300-1     Document Type: Article

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