Optic disk neovascularization in a patient with cytomegalovirus retinitis associated with renal transplantation

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-65

  Akova, Yonca A ^a   Yilmaz, Gürsel ^a   Aydin, Pinar ^a   Bilgin, Nevzat ^a   Haberal, Mehmet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus retinitis; Optic disk neovascularization; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINITIS;

EID: 0033854135     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0927-3948(200003)8:1;1-s;ft063     Document Type: Article

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