Oral valacyclovir in the treatment of acute retinal necrosis syndrome

Retina

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 352-354

  Aslanides, Ioannis M ^a   De Souza, Stephen ^b   Wong, David T W ^b   Giavedoni, Louis R ^b   Altomare, Filiberto ^b   Detorakis, Efstathios T ^a   Kymionis, George D ^a   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACYCLOVIR; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMANS; MALE; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; VALINE;

EID: 0036627273     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200206000-00016     Document Type: Article

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