Acute retinal necrosis caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 in a 3-year-old Japanese boy

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1125-1128

  Tanaka Kitajima, Naoko ^a   Iwata, Naomi ^a   Ando, Yoshihiro ^a   Sakurai, Hiroko ^a   Iwami, Mio ^a   Tsuzuki, Kin Ichi ^a   Kondo, Mineo ^b   Ito, Yoshinori ^b   Kimura, Hiroshi ^b  

^a AICHI CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute retinal necrosis; Herpes simplex virus; HSV 2; Neonatal herpes

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG COMBINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JAPAN; MALE; PREDNISONE; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE;

EID: 75549087963     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0878-8     Document Type: Article

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