Current perspectives of herpesviral retinitis and choroiditis

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 453-468

  Madhavan, H N ^a   Priya, K ^b   Biswas, J ^b  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Diagnosis of viral retinitis; Herpesviruses; Molecular characteristics; Varicella zoster virus; Viral retinal syndromes; Viral retinitis

Indexed keywords

(2 HYDROXYETHOXYMETHYL)GUANINE; ACICLOVIR; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CIDOFOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; FAMCICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; HERPES SIMPLEX VACCINE; IDOXURIDINE; INTERFERON; NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; TRIFLURIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALACICLOVIR; VIDARABINE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIFOCAL CHOROIDITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROGRESSIVE OUTER RETINAL NECROSIS; RETINITIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERPIGINOUS CHOROIDITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION;

CHOROIDITIS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RETINITIS;

EID: 33644676471     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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