Acute retinal necrosis secondary to herpes simplex virus type 2 with preexisting chorioretinal scarring

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-61

  Moesen, Ingemarie ^a   Khemka, Sneh ^a,b   Ayliffe, William ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b County Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACICLOVIR; CYCLOPENTOLATE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; LATANOPROST; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CHOROID; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS VIRULENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CHILD; CHOROID DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDNISOLONE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 40849133991     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20080101-17     Document Type: Article

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