Acute retinal necrosis: An overview

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-154

  Chang, Susie ^a   Young, Lucy H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FAMCICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; STEROID; VALACICLOVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BEHCET DISEASE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION; HERPES VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LASER COAGULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINITIS; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS;

HUMANS; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE;

EID: 34248223128     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IIO.0b013e31803777bb     Document Type: Review

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