A 9 year-old girl with herpes simplex virus type 2 acute retinal necrosis treated with intravitreal foscarnet

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 395-398

  King, John ^a   Chung, Mina ^a   DiLoreto Jr , David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute retinal necrosis; Children; Herpes simplex virus; Intravitreal foscarnet; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; PREDNISONE;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CILIARY DISK; DISEASE COURSE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA NECROSIS; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINITIS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOSCARNET; FUNDUS OCULI; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; RETINAL VESSELS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 35648972102     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940701486431     Document Type: Article

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