Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction diagnosis of infectious posterior uveitis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1534-1539

  Dworkin, Lydia L ^a   Gibler, 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; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLUORESCENCE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UVEITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS LOAD; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0036875276     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.120.11.1534     Document Type: Article

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