Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: Progressive postnatal chorioretinitis

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-251

  Brubaker, Jacob W ^a   Bale Jr , James F ^a   Ampofo, Krow ^a   Dries, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; PERINATAL PERIOD; TREATMENT DURATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VIRAL EYE INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHORIORETINITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 70449700296     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20090706-16     Document Type: Article

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