Diagnostic assays in cytomegalovirus retinitis: Detection of herpesvirus by simultaneous application of the polymerase chain reaction and local antibody analysis on ocular fluid

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-240

  Doornenbal, Peter ^a   Baarsma, G Seerp ^a   Quint, Wim G V ^c   Kijlstra, Aize ^d   Rothbarth, Philip H ^b   Niesters, Hubert G M ^b  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; UVEITIS;

EID: 0029875781     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.3.235     Document Type: Article

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