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    Br J Ophthalmol. 1990 Nov;74(11):698-9.

    Chickenpox chorioretinitis.

    Kelly SP, Rosenthal AR.

    Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

    Chickenpox infection in an adult was complicated by peripheral chorioretinitis and treated with oral acyclovir. Similarities of this case to the recently proposed mild type of acute retinal necrosis syndrome are discussed.

    PMID: 2223711 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

    PMCID: 1042262

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    • Acyclovir (Zovirax®)

      Acyclovir is used to decrease pain and speed the healing of sores or blisters in people who have varicella (chickenpox), herpes zoster (shingles; a rash that can occur in people who have had chickenpox in the past), and ...