Diagnosis and treatment of cytomegalovirus iridocyclitis without retinal necrosis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 852-855

  De Schryver, ^a,b   Rozenberg, F ^c   Cassoux, N ^a   Michelson, S ^d   Kestelyn, P ^b   LeHoang, P ^a   Davis, J L ^e   Bodaghi, Bahram ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Belgium)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISOLONE; TIMOLOL; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRIS ATROPHY; LABORATORY TEST; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RETINA DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UVEITIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33745678953     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.086546     Document Type: Article

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