Valacyclovir in the treatment of acute retinal necrosis
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Valacyclovir in the treatment of acute retinal necrosis
BACKGROUND To report the outcome of oral valacyclovir as the sole antiviral therapy for patients with acute retinal necrosis (ARN). METHODS This study reports a retrospective, interventional case series of nine consecutive patients with ten eyes with newly diagnosed ARN treated with oral valacyclovir as the sole antiviral agent. Eight patients received oral valacyclovir 2 g tid (Valtrex, Glax...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Ophthalmology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2415
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-12-48