Control of cytomegalovirus retinitis after combination antiretroviral therapy
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Cytomegalovirus retinitis in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common opportunistic infection in individuals with AIDS. Moreover, CMV retinitis represents a significant portion of end-organ disease in patients with CMV and AIDS. Prior to the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), almost one-third of people with AIDS developed CMV retinitis during their lifetime. Although effective therapies for CMV infection had ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1395-3907
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770425.x