Papilloedema with peripapillary retinal haemorrhages in an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patient with cryptococcal meningitis

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-49

  Battu, Rajani R ^a   Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a   Jayakumar, Navin ^a   Madhavan, Hajib N ^a   Kumarsamy, N ^b   Solomon, Suniti ^b  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; PAPILLEDEMA; PATHOLOGY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV-1; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; OPTIC DISK; PAPILLEDEMA; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0034157212     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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