Endogenous fungal retinitis in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia manifesting as uveitis and optic nerve lesion

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1754-1756

  Song, Alice ^b   Dubovy, Sander R ^b   Berrocal, Audina M ^b   Murray, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; UVEITIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; ORBITAL IMPLANTS; PREDNISOLONE; RETINITIS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 0036972182     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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