Detection of varicella-zoster virus genome in the vitreous humor from two patients with acute retinal necrosis; lacking or having a PstI cleavage site

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 208-212

  Mochizuki, Kiyofumi ^a,b   Matsushita, Hirofumi ^a   Hiramatsu, Yuji ^a   Yanagida, Kazuo ^a  

^a Yanagida Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^b Magarikane Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute retinal necrosis; PstI cleavage site; Varicella zoster virus; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NECROSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VITREOUS BODY;

AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA PROBES; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOME, VIRAL; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0032077819     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(98)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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