Suspecting optic neuritis, diagnosing Bartonella cat scratch disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-126

  Gan, Joanna J ^a   Mandell, Alan M ^a,b   Otis, James A ^a   Holmuhamedova, Madina ^a   Perloff, Michael D ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC NEURITIS;

EID: 78651343385     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.345     Document Type: Article

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