Detection of herpes simplex virus DNA in tear fluid of stromal herpetic keratitis patients by nested polymerase chain reaction

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 390-396

  Kudo, Eiji ^a   Shiota, Hiroshi ^a   Kinouchi, Yasuhito ^a   Mimura, Yasuo ^a   Itakura, Mitsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex virus; Nested PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; Stromal herpetic keratitis; Tear

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENOME; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CORNEAL STROMA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEARS;

EID: 0029909182     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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