Polymerase chain reaction analysis of corneal epithelial and tear samples in the diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1261-1265

  Lehmann, Ordan J ^a,f   Green, Steve M ^a   Morlet, Nigel ^b   Kilvington, Simon ^c   Keys, Martin F ^a   Matheson, Melville M ^d   Dart, John K G ^b   McGill, James I ^a   Watt, Peter J ^e  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; LACRIMAL FLUID; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE CULTIVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEARS;

EID: 0031862118     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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