Progression of varicella-zoster virus necrotizing retinopathy in an HIV-negative patient with transient immune deviation

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 607-609

  Lim, Wee Kiak ^a,b   Chee, Soon Phaik ^a,c   Nussenblatt, Robert Burton ^b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ARGON; FOSCARNET; PREDNISOLONE; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EYE FUNDUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER NECROTIZING RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; LASER COAGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINOPATHY; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 22144442835     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-004-0998-4     Document Type: Article

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