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Diagnostic and therapeutic management of a severe acyclovir-resistant acute retinal necrosis in a young child

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France

    T. H. C. Tran & B. Bodaghi

  2. Department of Virology, Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, Paris, France

    F. Rozenberg

  3. Department of Virology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France

    A. M. Fillet

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Tran, T.H.C., Rozenberg, F., Fillet, A.M. et al. Diagnostic and therapeutic management of a severe acyclovir-resistant acute retinal necrosis in a young child. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 243, 266–268 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-004-0985-9

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