Bilateral retinochoroiditis caused by an atypical strain of Toxoplasma gondii

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1546-1550

  Bottos J ^a   Miller, R H ^b   Belfort, R N ^a,c   Macedo, A C ^a   Belfort Jr , R ^a   Grigg, M E ^b   Muccioli, C ^d   Martins, M C ^d   Burnier Jr , M N ^d   Silveira, C ^d   Rizzo, L V ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B1 GENE; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; CHOROIDITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GRA6 GENE; GRA7 GENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NTS2 GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA NECROSIS; SAG1 GENE; SAG2 GENE; SAG3 GENE; SAG4 GENE; SCAR FORMATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHORIORETINITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 70350434329     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.162412     Document Type: Article

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