Bilateral herpes simplex-2 acute retinal necrosis with encephalitis in premature twins

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 541-543

  Gupta, Amit ^a   Rani, Padmaja Kumari ^a   Bagga, Bhupesh ^a   Dore, Padmapriya ^b   Mittal, Ashok ^b   Jalali, Subhadra ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NICE Institute of Newborn   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; EYE INFLAMMATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NECROSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VITREOUS BODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; NECROSIS; RETINITIS; TWINS;

EID: 78650277995     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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