Relapsing-remitting, corticosteroid-sensitive, varicella zoster virus optic neuritis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 422-424

  Pless, Misha L ^a,c   Malik, Saleem I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; MEPREDNISONE; PREDNISONE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SEROCONVERSION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0346995460     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(03)00306-0     Document Type: Article

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