Cytomegalovirus retinitis in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1230-1233

  Church, J ^a   Goyal, S ^a   Tyagi, A K ^a   Scott, R A H ^a   Stavrou, P ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CD20 ANTIBODY; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; GANCICLOVIR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VALGANCICLOVIR; VINCRISTINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENSECTOMY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINITIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 34548530669     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702550     Document Type: Article

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