Cytomegalovirus retinitis in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-152

  Tugal Tutkun, Ilknur ^a,b   Kir, Nur ^a   Gül, Ahmet ^a   Koniçe, Meral ^a   Urgancioglu, Meri ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Cytomegalovirus retinitis; Ganciclovir; Immunosuppressive therapy; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINITIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0034125601     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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