Frosted branch angiitis as a result of immune recovery uveitis in a patient with cytomegalovirus retinitis
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Frosted branch angiitis as a result of immune recovery uveitis in a patient with cytomegalovirus retinitis
BACKGROUND Since the introduction of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART), AIDs related morbidity and mortality have declined. However, the advent of HAART brought the new problem of immune recovery inflammatory syndrome. Cytomegalovirus retinitis remains the most common cause of visual loss in AIDs patients. Some patients with cytomegalovirus retinitis who experienced immune recovery a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1869-5760
DOI: 10.1186/1869-5760-3-52