Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: An underdiagnosed cause of congenital chorioretinitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-215

  Mets, Marilyn Baird ^a   Barton, Leslie L ^b   Khan, Ali S ^c   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHORIORETINITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHORIORETINITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033829823     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00570-5     Document Type: Article

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