Acute retinal necrosis: A case series with clinical features and treatment outcomes

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 473-477

  Sims, Joanne L ^a,b   Yeoh, Jonathan ^a   Stawell, Richard J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute retinal necrosis; Barrier laser; Herpetic; Retinal detachment

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KERATOPATHY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA NECROSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITREOUS BODY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651154254     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02083.x     Document Type: Article

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