Cytomegalovirus-Induced Optic Neuritis Through Cerebrospinal Fluid Viral Transmission in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report.

J Neuroophthalmol

Department of Ophthalmology (ST, NH, KM, RO, TM, KN), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Department of Ophthalmology (ST), Higashiosaka City Medical Center, Osaka, Japan; Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division (KM, KN), Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan; Advanced Visual Neuroscience (TM), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; and Department of Neurology (RS), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.

Published: June 2024

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