Treatment of congenital cytomegalovirus retinitis with intravitreous ganciclovir

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 525-527

  Lalezary, Maziar ^a   Recchia, Franco M ^a   Kim, Stephen J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MICROCEPHALY; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; URINE CULTURE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GANCICLOVIR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MALE;

EID: 84859983410     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.1615     Document Type: Article

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