Cytomegalovirus Anterior Uveitis from the Perspective of the Common Practitioner: Missed Diagnosis Can Be at the Origin of Severe Functional Loss – A Scenario to Be Avoided

Ioannis Papasavvas; Carl Peter Herbort Jr

doi:10.1055/a-1425-4809

Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, Table of Contents

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2021; 238(04): 448-453
DOI: 10.1055/a-1425-4809

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Cytomegalovirus Anterior Uveitis from the Perspective of the Common Practitioner: Missed Diagnosis Can Be at the Origin of Severe Functional Loss – A Scenario to Be Avoided

Zytomegalovirus-anteriore Uveitis aus der Sicht des Allgemeinaugenarztes: Eine verpasste Diagnose kann Ursprung eines schweren funktionellen Verlustes sein – ein zu vermeidendes Szenario

Ioannis Papasavvas

Retinal and Inflammatory Eye Diseases, Centre for Ophthalmic Specialized Care (COS), Clinic Montchoisi Teaching Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Carl Peter Herbort Jr

Retinal and Inflammatory Eye Diseases, Centre for Ophthalmic Specialized Care (COS), Clinic Montchoisi Teaching Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland

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