Neuroretinitis: Review of the literature and new observations

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-68

  Purvin, Valerie ^a,b   Sundaram, Seema ^a,b   Kawasaki, Aki ^c  

^a MIDWEST EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA INTERFERON; BEVACIZUMAB; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DOXYCYCLINE; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID;

AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CAT SCRATCH NEURORETINITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENTERITIS; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PAIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC NEURORETINITIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYME DISEASE; MACULAR STAR; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULAR HISTOPLASMOSIS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PAPILLEDEMA; PAPILLITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT IDIOPATHIC NEURORETINITIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINA VASCULITIS; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; TUBERCULIN TEST; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RECURRENCE; RETINITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952147130     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31820cf78a     Document Type: Review

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