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Case Reports
. 1990 Nov;74(11):698-9.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.74.11.698.

Chickenpox chorioretinitis

S P Kelly  1 , A R Rosenthal
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Case Reports

Chickenpox chorioretinitis

S P Kelly et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1990 Nov.

Abstract

Chickenpox infection in an adult was complicated by peripheral chorioretinitis and treated with oral acyclovir. Similarities of this case to the recently proposed mild type of acute retinal necrosis syndrome are discussed.

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