Unilateral recurrent acute retinal necrosis syndrome caused by cytomegalovirus in an immune-competent adult

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 484-486

  Voros, Gerasimos M ^a,b   Pandit, R ^a   Snow, M ^a   Griffiths, P G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute retinal necrosis syndrome; Cytomegalovirus; Vitreous biopsy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISOLONE; VALACICLOVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE CONTROL; EYE INFLAMMATION; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; MALE; NAUSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SERODIAGNOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VITREOUS BIOPSY;

EID: 33745878549     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210601600323     Document Type: Article

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