Corneal biopsy in keratitis performed with the microtrephine

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 237, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 915-919

  Kompa, Sirpa ^a   Langefeld, Stéphanie ^a   Kirchhof, Bernd ^a   Schrage, Norbert ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA INJURY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GRAM STAINING; HEALING; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; STAINING; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOPSY; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032842883     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050386     Document Type: Article

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