Unilateral optic neuritis as the presenting symptom of human immunodeficiency virus toxoplasmosis infection

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 459-460

  Kallenbach, Klaus ^a   Frederiksen, Jette Lautrup ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DETERIORATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSARTHRIA; EYE PAIN; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 47649124368     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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