Ocular Features of West Nile Virus Infection in North America. A Study of 14 Eyes

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1539-1546

  Chan, Clement K ^a,b   Limstrom, Scott A ^c   Tarasewicz, Dariusz G ^a   Lin, Steven G ^a  

^a Southern California Desert Retina Consultants   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Alaska Retinal Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISONE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; VASCULITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHORIORETINITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33747879781     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.04.021     Document Type: Article

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