Herpes zoster ophthalmicus: Disease spectrum in young adults

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-182

  Gupta, Noopur ^a   Sachdev, Ritika ^a   Sinha, Rajesh ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus; Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Immune Status; Young Adults

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CICATRICIAL LID DEFORMITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOBOMA; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; ECTROPION; ENTROPION; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; EYELID; EYELID EDEMA; EYELID SCAR; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KERATITIS; KERATOUVEITIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROPARALYTIC KERATITIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; PERIPHERAL ULCERATIVE KERATITIS; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; PUNCTATE KERATITIS; RASH; SCLEROKERATITIS; SECONDARY BACTERIAL KERATITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STROMAL KERATITIS; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; TROCHLEAR NERVE PARALYSIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79956275818     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.80710     Document Type: Article

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