Chronic varicella-zoster virus epithelial keratitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1011-1017

  Chern, Kenneth C ^a   Conrad, Diana ^a   Holland, Gary N ^b   Holsclaw, Douglas S ^a   Schwartz, Lee K ^c   Margolis, Todd P ^a,d  

^a Univ California S Francisco M   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS KERATITIS;

EID: 0032454149     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.8.1011     Document Type: Article

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