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Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines




Disease retinal detachment
Phenotype C0206178|cmv retinitis
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PubMedID- 21396623 Purpose: to evaluate the effects of previously reported host genetics factors that influence cytomegalovirus (cmv) retinitis incidence, progression to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids), and efficacy of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) for mortality, retinitis progression, and retinal detachment in patients with cmv retinitis and aids in the era of haart.
PubMedID- 25098121 Given short life expectancy for these patients, the authors pose a deontological question as to whether or not active treatment of retinal detachment in patients with aids and cmv retinitis is reasonable.

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