Human immunodeficiency virus p24 antigen testing in cornea donors

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-280

  Chung, Christine W ^a,c   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a   Laibson, Peter R ^a   Lytle, Robert E ^b   Quirk, James T ^b   Cohen, Elisabeth J ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Lions Eye Bank of Delaware Valley   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti HBc; Cornea donors; Eye bank; HIV; P24; Screening tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EYE BANKS; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0035085795     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200104000-00008     Document Type: Article

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