Polymerase chain reaction-based assays of vitreous samples for the diagnosis of viral retinitis: Use in diagnostic dilemmas

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-45

  Knox, C Michele ^a,b   Chandler, Diane ^a   Short, Graham A ^a   Margolis, Todd P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0031894924     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)71127-2     Document Type: Article

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