Paediatric chiasmal neuritis - Typical of post-Epstein-Barr virus infection?

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 226-227

  Beiran, Itzchak ^a,b   Krasnitz, Irene ^a   Zimhoni Eibsitz, Maya ^a   Gelfand, Yuval A ^a   Miller, Benjamin ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chiasmal neuritis.; Epstein Barr virus; Optic chiasm; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STEROID THERAPY; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NEURITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034033335     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2000.078002226.x     Document Type: Article

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