Intraocular and plasma HIV-1 RNA in HIV-infected patients with CMV retinitis and HIV-infected controls

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 742-745

  Yamamoto, Narumichi ^a,b   Wakabayashi, Taketoshi ^a   Murakami, Kimio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EYE; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA ANALYSIS; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036438980     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540210147633     Document Type: Article

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