Detection of CMV DNA in the aqueous humor of AIDS patients with CMV retinitis by AMPLICOR CMV test

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-48

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; AMPLICOR; Cytomegalovirus retinitis; Ganciclovir

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EVALUATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RELIABILITY; RETINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 0037268905     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068245     Document Type: Article

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