Cotton wool spots as possible indicators of retinal vascular pathology in ocular lyme borreliosis

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 599-602

  Klaeger, Andres J ^c   Herbort, Carl P ^a,b  

^a Centre Ophtalmologique de La Source   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cotton wool spots; Lyme borreliosis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLAGELLIN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYSOZYME; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROTEIN P100; PROTEIN P18; PROTEIN P20; PROTEIN P22; PROTEIN P39; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRITIS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; SEROLOGY; TICK BITE; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETINAL VESSELS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 78649320898     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-008-9268-5     Document Type: Article

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