Bilateral optic neuritis in a patient with Kawasaki disease

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-303

  Yousef, Nida ^a   Alhmood, Ammar ^a   Mawri, Faisal ^a   Kaddurah, Ahmad ^b   Diskin, David ^c   Abuhammour, Walid ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Michigan Eye Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Kawasaki disease; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHAPPED LIPS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MENINGITIS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SLIT LAMP; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 68349137720     PISSN: 13057707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2009-0184     Document Type: Article

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