Evaluation of lectin staining in the diagnosis of fungal keratitis in an experimental rabbit model

Molecular Vision

Volumn 8, Issue , 2002, Pages 10-16

  Garcia, M Lourdes ^a   Herreras, J M ^a   Dios, E ^a   Argueso P ^a   Almaraz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALCULATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM SOLANI; KERATITIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CORNEAL STROMA; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUSARIUM; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATITIS; METHENAMINE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR PROBES; MYCOSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; POKEWEED MITOGENS; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0036973945     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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