Successful treatment of bilateral visual loss caused by HIV-associated optic neuritis
Optic neuritis is not an uncommon diagnosis in HIV-infected patients, but it is rarely idiopathic. We report a case of a young HIV-infected woman who developed optic neuritis as her presenting manifestation of HIV infection. She had initially experienced sudden-onset right-sided painful visual loss;...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AOSIS
2011-12-01
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Series: | Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine |
Online Access: | https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed/article/view/169 |