Treatment of Acute Retinal Necrosis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 818-824

  Tibbetts, Michael D ^a   Shah, Chirag P ^b   Young, Lucy H ^c   Duker, Jay S ^d   Maguire, Joseph I ^b   Morley, Michael G ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e OPHTHALMIC CONSULTANTS OF BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; FAMCICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VALACICLOVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINOPEXY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ASPIRIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77949657983     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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