VZV multifocal vasculopathy with ischemic optic neuropathy, acute retinal necrosis and temporal artery infection in the absence of zoster rash

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 325, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 180-182

  Mathias, Marc ^a   Nagel, Maria A ^a   Khmeleva, Nelly ^a   Boyer, Philip J ^a   Choe, Alexander ^a   Durairaj, Vikram D ^a   Bennett, Jeffrey L ^a   Mandava, Naresh ^a   Gilden, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemic optic neuropathy; Temporal arteritis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLAUDICATION; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EDEMA; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; JAW CLAUDICATION; JAW DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OPTIC NERVE EDEMA; PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETINA MACULA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA NECROSIS; SCALP PAIN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS BODY;

EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 84872939724     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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