Acute acquired toxoplasma retinitis may present similarly to unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 940-942

  Lieb, Douglas F ^a   Scott, Ingrid U ^b   Flynn Jr , Harry W ^b   Davis, Janet L ^b   Demming, Suzanne M ^a  

^a Central Florida Retina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; FOLINIC ACID; PYRAMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 2342450602     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2003.10.027     Document Type: Article

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