The detection of herpesviral DNA in aqueous fluid samples from patients with Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-38

  Mitchell, Suzanne M ^a   Phylactou, Leo ^b   Fox, Julie D ^a   Kilpatrick, Michael W ^b   Murray, Philip I ^b,c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueous humour; Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis; Human herpesvirus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENILE CATARACT; UVEITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0030061937     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273949609069125     Document Type: Article

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