Bilateral anterior optic neuritis in adult measles infection without encephalomyelitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 768-769

  Azuma, Masami ^a   Morimura, Yoshihiro ^a   Kawahara, Sumie ^a   Okada, Annabelle A ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; ENCEPHALITIS; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LEUKOCYTE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; STEROID THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OPTIC NEURITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036844767     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01632-X     Document Type: Article

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