Maculopathy associated with dengue fever in a military pilot

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1064-1067

  Nah, Gerard ^a,b,c   Tan, Marcus ^a,b,e   Teoh, Stephen ^d,e   Chong, Chun Hon ^a,b  

^a Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^b Republic of Singapore Air Force   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e Eye Institute   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Dengue hemorrhagic fever; Macular hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AEDES; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DENGUE; DENGUE SHOCK SYNDROME; FLAVIVIRUS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA EDEMA; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SCOTOMA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHOCK; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; DENGUE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

FLAVIVIRUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 35848929926     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2138.2007     Document Type: Article

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