Bilateral acute retinal necrosis caused by cytomegalovirus in an immunocompromised patient

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-95

  Akpek, Esen Karamursel ^a   Kent, Charles ^b   Jakobiec, Frederick ^b   Caliendo, Angela M ^c   Foster, C Stephen ^a  

^a Department of Immunology ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0032948896     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00250-5     Document Type: Article

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