Should Antiviral/Anti-Varicella Zoster Virus Treatment Be Used in Patients With Giant Cell Arteritis?

J Neuroophthalmol. 2019 Mar;39(1):134-141. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000664.

Authors

Yaping Joyce Liao¹, Sachin Kedar

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology (YJL), Stanford University Byers Eye Institute, Palo Alto, California; and Neurology and Ophthalmology (SK), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.

PMID: 29877905
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000664

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antigens, Viral / analysis*
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
Giant Cell Arteritis / drug therapy*
Herpesvirus 3, Human / immunology*
Humans
Temporal Arteries / immunology*
Temporal Arteries / pathology

Substances

Antigens, Viral
Antiviral Agents