Successful treatment with combination of systemic antiviral drugs and intravitreal ganciclovir injections in the management of severe necrotizing herpetic retinitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-144

  Tran, Thi Ha Chau ^a   Cassoux, Nathalie ^a   Bodaghi, Bahrain ^a   Lehong, Phuc ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antiviral agents; Drug therapy, combination; Retinal necrosis syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISONE; VALACICLOVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; RETINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; NECROSIS; RETINITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0041875002     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.11.2.141.15915     Document Type: Article

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