Varicella-Zoster Virus Epithelial Keratitis in Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus In Vivo Morphology in the Human Cornea /

• Main Author: Tabery, Helena M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Infectious diseases.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) is a common disease in the elderly and the immunosuppressed, with potentially devastating sequelae. Diagnosis of HZO is clinical but almost all its manifestations are non-specific and often indistinguishable from those due to other causes in general and herpes simple...

Table of Contents:

• The Morphology of Varicella-Zoster Virus Epithelial Keratitis in HZO
• The Dynamics of Varicellla-Zoster Virus Epithelial Keratitis in HZO
• Recurrent Varicella-Zoster Virus Epithelial Keratitis in HZO; HZO Sine Herpete
• Three Rare Cases of Ocular Surface Involvement in Acute HZO
• Comparison of (recurrent) Herpes Simplex Virus and (HZO) Varicella-Zoster Virus Epithelial Keratitis
• Bibliography
• Index.