Acute retinal necrosis: A national population-based study to assess the incidence, methods of diagnosis, treatment strategies and outcomes in the UK

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1452-1455

  Muthiah, M N ^a   Michaelides, M ^b   Child, C S ^a   Mittchell, Suzanne M ^a  

^a WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CIDOFOVIR; FAMCICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA NECROSIS; RETINA SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VITREOUS BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748945462     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.114884     Document Type: Article

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