A case of bilateral presumed chikungunya neuroretinitis

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-150

  Mahesh, G ^a   Giridhar, A ^a   Shedbele, Archis ^a   Kumar, Ram ^a   Saikumar, S J ^a  

^a Giridhar Eye Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Neuroretinitis; Ocular; Optic neuritis; Retinitis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINITIS; VIRAL EYE INFECTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDNISOLONE; RETINITIS; RNA, VIRAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 61349085534     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.45508     Document Type: Article

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