Polymerase chain reaction for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in epiretinal membrane in Eales' disease

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 822-825

  Madhavan, Hajib N ^a   Therese, K Lily ^a   Gunisha, Pasricha ^a   Jayanthi, Udayakumar ^a   Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EALES DISEASE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHLEBITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETINAL VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 0034058746     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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