A case of dengue maculopathy with spontaneous recovery

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 28-33

  Luk, Fiona Oi Jing ^a   Chan, Carmen Kar Mun ^a,b   Lai, Timothy Yuk Yau ^b  

^a HONG KONG EYE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Electroretinogram; Maculopathy; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; AMSLER CHART; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DENGUE MACULOPATHY; DENGUE VIRUS 1; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NEUTROPENIA; PAPULAR RASH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINITIS; SCOTOMA; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRAL RETINITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HONG KONG; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 84884257555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353224     Document Type: Article

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