Detecting herpesvirus DNA in uveitis using the polymerase chain reaction

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 465-468

  Yamamoto, Shuji ^a,c   Pavan Langston, Deborah ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^b   Nishida, Kohji ^b   Shimomura, Yoshikazu ^c   Tano, Yasuo ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KERATITIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA NECROSIS; UVEITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0029893266     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.5.465     Document Type: Article

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