Primary Treatment of Acute Retinal Necrosis with Oral Antiviral Therapy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2259-2261

  Emerson, Geoffrey G ^a   Smith, Justine R ^a   Wilson, David J ^a   Rosenbaum, James T ^a   Flaxel, Christina J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FAMCICLOVIR; PREDNISONE; VALACICLOVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETINITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

2-AMINOPURINE; ACYCLOVIR; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VALINE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33751520616     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.05.063     Document Type: Article

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