Mutations in the cytomegalovirus UL97 gene associated with ganciclovir- resistant retinitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1176-1181

  Liu, Weiqun ^b   Kuppermann, Baruch D ^b   Martin, Daniel F ^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

CIDOFOVIR; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; VIRUS MUTATION;

EID: 0031900985     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515293     Document Type: Article

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