Outcome of cytomegalovirus retinitis in immunocompromised patients without Human Immunodeficiency Virus treated with intravitreal ganciclovir injection

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 252, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1393-1401

  Agarwal, Aniruddha ^a   Kumari, Neha ^a   Trehan, Amita ^a   Khadwal, Alka ^a   Dogra, Mangat R ^a   Gupta, Vishali ^a,b   Sharma, Aman ^a   Gupta, Amod ^a   Singh, Ramandeep ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CMV retinitis; Cytomegalovirus retinitis; Ganciclovir; Intravitreal ganciclovir; Intravitreal injection; Non HIV; Viral retinitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893982654     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-014-2587-5     Document Type: Article

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