Necrotising retinopathies simulating acute retinal necrosis syndrome

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-101

  Balansard, B ^a   Bodaghi, B ^a   Cassoux, N ^a   Fardeau, C ^a   Romand, S ^b   Rozenberg, F ^c   Rao, N A ^d   LeHoang, P ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Institut de Puericulture   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; ITRACONAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BEHCET DISEASE; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARACENTESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; RETINOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; WITMER GOLDMANN COEFFICIENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; RETINITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 11144283084     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.042226     Document Type: Article

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