Seropositivity of human herpesvirus-8 in patients with uveitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-199

  Matsuo, Toshihiko ^a,b   Itami, Masako ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody titer; Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV 8); Ocular inflammation; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UVEITIS;

EID: 0037561544     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.10.3.197.15602     Document Type: Article

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