Chikungunya fever presenting with acute optic neuropathy

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mohite, Abhijit Anand ^a   Agius Fernandez, Adriana ^a  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA; CRANIAL NERVE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE SWELLING; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOSQUITO BITE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC DISC SWELLING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTOMA; SEROLOGY; THERAPY DELAY; VISUAL ACUITY; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; COMPLICATION; PAPILLEDEMA; PUPIL DISEASE; VIROLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPILLEDEMA; PUPIL DISORDERS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84941333536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-210081     Document Type: Article

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