Serologic evaluation of patients with primary and recurrent ocular toxoplasmosis for evidence of recent infection

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 407-412

  Ongkosuwito, J V ^a   Bosch Driessen, E H ^c   Kijlstra, A ^a,b   Rothova, A ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OCULAR HISTOPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BODY FLUIDS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS;

EID: 0032884870     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00266-4     Document Type: Article

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