Optic nerve toxoplasmosis and orbital inflammation as initial presentation of AIDS

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1542-1544

  Lee, Mun Wai ^a   Fong, Kee Siew ^a   Hsu, Li Yang ^b   Lim, Wee Kiak ^a  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

HIV; Opticnerve; Orbital; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; EYELID DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; ORBIT INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BLEPHARITIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PYRIMETHAMINE; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; SULFADIAZINE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 33751009083     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0295-5     Document Type: Article

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