A case of hypertensive keratouveitis with endotheliitis associated with cytomegalovirus

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 399-401

  Yamauchi, Yasuyuki ^a   Suzuki, Jun ^a   Sakai, Jun Ichi ^a   Sakamoto, Shunya ^a   Iwasaki, Takuya ^a   Usui, Masahiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Keratouveitis; Ocular hypertension; Valganciclovir

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACICLOVIR; CARTEOLOL; DEXAMETHASONE; LATANOPROST; PREDNISOLONE; VALGANCICLOVIR;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CORNEA STROMA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; EXUDATIVE RETINITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE KERATOUVEITIS; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS ATROPHY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CATARACT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; UVEITIS;

EID: 35648997004     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940701486795     Document Type: Article

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