Severe hemorrhagic retinopathy as initial manifestation of acute retinal necrosis caused by herpes simplex virus
A case of bilateral acute retinal necrosis due to herpes simplex virus 1, in a child is reported. The case presented as an extensive hemorrhagic retinopathy that was misdiagnosed as non-infective initially. Diagnostic aqueous tap of the blind eye for viral DNA by polymerase chain reaction helped to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2007-01-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2007;volume=55;issue=4;spage=308;epage=310;aulast=Jalali |