Acute optic neuritis following infection with chikungunya virus in southern rural India

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Rose, Nice ^a   Anoop, T M ^a   John, Anil P ^a   Jabbar, P K ^a   George, K C ^a  

^a Kottayam Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Acute optic neuritis; Chikungunya

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NEURITIS; RURAL AREA; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; PREDNISOLONE; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551504092     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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