Autoimmune retinopathy in benign thymoma after good syndrome-associated cytomegalovirus retinitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-81

  Wan, Chee Kwang ^a   Teoh, Stephen C ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmune retinopathy; Cytomegalovirus retinitis; Good Syndrome; Thymoma; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

40 KDA PROTEIN ANTIBODY; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALGANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE RETINOPATHY; BLURRED VISION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; CYTOPENIA; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GOOD SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETINOPATHY; THYMOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL DISEASES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879539124     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2012.730652     Document Type: Article

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