Validation of a diagnostic multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for infectious posterior uveitis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1315-1322

  Dabil, Humeyra ^a   Boley, Michelle L ^a   Schmitz, Therese M ^a   Van Gelder, Russell N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UVEITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0034783183     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.119.9.1315     Document Type: Article

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