Clinical profile of isolated viral anterior uveitis in a South Indian patient population

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 356-359

  Babu, Kalpana ^a   Kini, Raghuvir ^a   Philips, Mariamma ^b   Subbakrishna, D K ^b  

^a Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology and Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Center   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior uveitis; Cytomegalovirus; Herpes simplex; PCR; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACICLOVIR; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; FLURBIPROFEN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TIMOLOL; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRIS ATROPHY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VISUAL ACUITY; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907200531     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2013.841482     Document Type: Article

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