Investigating a viral etiology for keratoconjunctivitis sicca among patients who are positive for human immunodeficiency virus

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 671-674

  Lee Wing, Matthew W ^a   Hodge, William G ^a   Diaz Mitoma, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Dry eye; Herpesvirus; HIV; Keratoconjunctivitis sicca; PCR; Tears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRY EYE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL GLAND; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032712143     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199911000-00008     Document Type: Article

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