Cytomegalovirus as a Cause of Anterior Uveitis in Immunocompetent Patients

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1358-1362

  van Boxtel, Lonneke A A ^a   van der Lelij, Allegonda ^b   van der Meer, Johannes ^c   Los, Leonoor I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Ophthalmology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; STEROID; VALGANCICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRIS ATROPHY; MALE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ATROPHY; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34347233834     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.09.035     Document Type: Article

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