Evaluation and management of herpes zoster ophthalmicus

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Shaikh, Saad ^a,b   Ta, Christopher N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATED RETINAL CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; FAMCICLOVIR; VALACICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; KERATITIS; PAIN; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; UVEITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 0036870710     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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