Acute retinal necrosis in an acute leukemia pediatric patient;Necrosis retinal aguda en un paciente pediátrico con leucemia aguda

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-326

  Concha V , Emma ^b   López G , Juan P ^b,c   Cofré G , José ^b   Torres Torretti, Juan Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL LUIS CALVO MACKENNA   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL DEL SALVADOR   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acute retinal necrosis; Pediatrics; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE;

EID: 34548764870     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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