Acute retinal necrosis after herpes zoster vaccination

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1495-1497

  Charkoudian, Leon D ^a   Kaiser, Gregg M ^b   Steinmetz, Robert L ^c   Srivastava, Sunil K ^d  

^a EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b Retina Consultants of Carolina   (United States)

^c Southern Vitreoretinal Associates   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; FOSCARNET SODIUM; GANCICLOVIR; SILICONE OIL; VALACICLOVIR; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ACUTE RETINA NECROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FEVER; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARACENTESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETINA NECROSIS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SLIT LAMP; VACCINATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; VACCINATION; VALINE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 81355164181     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.320     Document Type: Article

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