Glycoprotein B subtyping of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in the vitreous of patients with AIDS and CMV retinitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1149-1153

  Chern, Kenneth C ^b   Chandler, Diane B ^b   Martin, Daniel F ^b   Kuppermann, Baruch D ^b   Wolitz, Richard A ^b   Margolis, Todd P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; VIRUS GENE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0031657999     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515672     Document Type: Article

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