Orbital myositis involving the oblique muscles associated with herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 411-413

  Badilla, Jaime ^a   Dolman, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VALACICLOVIR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; MYOSITIS; ORBIT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PREDNISONE; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548863358     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e318137a373     Document Type: Article

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