Clinical features of ocular toxoplasmosis in korean patients

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-171

  Park, Young Hoon ^a   Han, Jae Hyung ^a   Nam, Ho Woo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Funduscopy; IgG ELISA; Retinochoroiditis; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CATARACT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL DEPOSIT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EATING HABIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KOREAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PAPILLITIS; PERIPHLEBITIS; PHLEBITIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; SEROLOGY; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CATARACT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC ATROPHY; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79959844186     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2011.49.2.167     Document Type: Article

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