A prospective evaluation of factors associated with chorioretinitis in patients with west nile virus infection

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 435-439

  Khairallah, Moncef ^a   Yahia, Salim Ben ^a   Letaief, Mondher ^a   Attia, Sonia ^a   Kahloun, Rim ^a   Jelliti, Bechir ^a   Zaouali, Sonia ^a   Messaoud, Riadh ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Chorioretinitis; Diabetes mellitus; Retina; Uveitis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHORIORETINITIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 37349054626     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940701798488     Document Type: Article

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