Foveolitis associated with dengue fever: A case series

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 317-320

  Loh, Boon Kwang ^a   Bacsal, Kristine ^a   Chee, Soon Phaik ^a,b   Cheng, Bob Ching Li ^a   Wong, Doric ^a  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Disruption of outer retina; Foveolitis; Maculopathy; Yellow orange lesion at fovea

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOVEOLITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULOPATHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENGUE; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PERIMETRY; RETINITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 46749124241     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000144074     Document Type: Article

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