Necrotising herpetic retinopathy in patients with advanced HIV disease

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 462-466

  Miller, R F ^a,b,c,d   Brink, N S ^a,b   Cartledge, J ^a,c   Sharvell, Y ^a,b   Frith, P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA amplification; HIV infection; Necrotising herpetic retinopathy; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FAMCICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NECROTISING HERPETIC RETINOPATHY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; RETINOPATHY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VISUAL DISORDER; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMANS; MALE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 79959998221     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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