Extensive retinal neovascularization as a late finding in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with immune recovery uveitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1063-1066

  Wright, Mary E ^a   Suzman, Daniel L ^a   Csaky, Karl G ^b   Masur, Henry ^c   Polis, Michael A ^a,d   Robinson, Michael R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINITIS; UVEITIS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; UVEITIS;

EID: 0037445557     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374050     Document Type: Article

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