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Blindness resulting from orbital complications of ophthalmic zoster
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus occurs when the latent varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivates in the trigeminal ganglion and ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve. In the elderly, there is a sharp increase in the tendency of secondary skin bacterial infections occurrence due to the deterioration of...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Termedia Publishing House
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26759550 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2015.48041 |