TY - JOUR
T1 - Ophthalmic Manifestations of the Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
AU - Podos, Steven M.
AU - Einaugler, Richard B.
AU - Albert, Daniel M.
AU - Blaese, R. Michael
PY - 1969/9
Y1 - 1969/9
N2 - Ophthalmic disease was described in three patients with the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, an entity characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia, and recurrent infections, and inherited in a sex-linked fashion. Blepharoconjunctivitis. associated with molluscum contagiosum, and herpes simplex keratitis, isolated or accompanied by disseminated mucocutaneous herpes simplex virus infection or both, were found. In 18 of the 80 cases of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome documented in the literature, ocular complications were present.
AB - Ophthalmic disease was described in three patients with the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, an entity characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia, and recurrent infections, and inherited in a sex-linked fashion. Blepharoconjunctivitis. associated with molluscum contagiosum, and herpes simplex keratitis, isolated or accompanied by disseminated mucocutaneous herpes simplex virus infection or both, were found. In 18 of the 80 cases of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome documented in the literature, ocular complications were present.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1969.00990020324005
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1969.00990020324005
M3 - Article
C2 - 5806056
AN - SCOPUS:0014571772
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 82
SP - 322
EP - 329
JO - Archives of ophthalmology
JF - Archives of ophthalmology
IS - 3
ER -