Herpes zoster vasculitis presenting as giant cell arteritis with bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 912-914

  Al Abdulla, Nael A ^a,b   Rismondo, Vivian ^a,b   Minkowski, John S ^a,b   Miller, Neil R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VASCULITIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0036895921     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01811-1     Document Type: Article

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