Bilateral macular choroiditis following Chikungunya virus infection [26]

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1020-1021

  Chanana, B ^a   Azad, R V ^a   Nair, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFLAMMATION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETINA MACULOPATHY; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34447317796     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702863     Document Type: Letter

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