Detecting Varicella-Zoster Virus DNA in Iridocyclitis Using Polymerase Chain Reaction: A Case of Zoster Sine Herpete

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 1358-1359

  Yamamoto, Shuji ^a   Tada, Rei ^a   Shimomura, Yoshikazu ^a   Pavan Langston, Deborah ^a   Dunkel, Edmund C ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ATROPINE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE; EYE DROPS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028856730     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1995.01100110018009     Document Type: Letter

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