Varicella zoster virus ischemic optic neuropathy and subclinical temporal artery involvement

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 517-520

  Salazar, Richard ^a   Russman, Andrew N ^a   Nagel, Maria A ^b   Cohrs, Randall J ^b   Mahalingam, Ravi ^b   Schmid, D Scott ^c   Kleinschmidt DeMasters, Bette K ^b   VanEgmond, Eve M ^a   Gilden, Don ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STEROID THERAPY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICELA ZOSTER VIRUS VASCULOPATHY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS VASCULOPATHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 79953880224     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.64     Document Type: Article

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