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. 1990 Nov;74(11):698–699. doi: 10.1136/bjo.74.11.698

Chickenpox chorioretinitis.

S P Kelly 1, A R Rosenthal 1
PMCID: PMC1042262  PMID: 2223711

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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