Three consecutive episodes of acute retinal necrosis due to herpes simplex-1 over twelve years following herpetic encephalitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 411-413

  Klein, Anna ^a,b   Lefebvre, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute retinal necrosis; Herpes simplex 1 virus; Herpetic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; MYDRIATIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TIMOLOL;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; LASER COAGULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35649016679     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940701662510     Document Type: Article

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