Multiplex polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of viral and chlamydial keratoconjunctivitis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1818-1822

  Elnifro, Elfath M ^a   Cooper, Robert J ^a,d   Klapper, Paul E ^a,b   Yeo, Adrian C ^a   Tullo, Andrew B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; EYE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034092348     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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