Long-term preservation of vision in progressive outer retinal necrosis treated with combination antiviral drugs and highly active antiretroviral therapy

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 425-427

  Kim, Stephen J ^a   Equi, Robert ^a   Belair, Marie Lyne ^a   Fine, Howard F ^a   Dunn, James P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganciclovir implant; HIV; PORN; Progressive outer retinal necrosis; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ATAZANAVIR; CD4 ANTIGEN; EMTRICITABINE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; RITONAVIR; TENOFOVIR; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION; PROGRESSIVE OUTER RETINAL NECROSIS; REMISSION; RETINOPATHY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS BODY;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; RNA, VIRAL; VALINE; VISION;

EID: 37349130523     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940701732255     Document Type: Article

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