Macular retinitis as a first sign of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: The importance of early diagnosis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 405-410

  Serdaroglu A ^a   Gucuyener K ^a   Dursun, I ^a   Aydin, K ^a   Okuyaz, C ^a   Subasi M ^b   Or, Meral ^a,d   Ozkan B ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Urfa State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Department of Cardiovascular Surgery   (Turkey)

^d Mesnevi Sokak   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Macular retinitis; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEASLES ANTIBODY; METHISOPRINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PANENCEPHALITIS; RETINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MACULA LUTEA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; RETINITIS; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 28244458041     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940490912335     Document Type: Article

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