Elevated nitric oxide level in aqueous humor of AIDS patients with cytomegalovirus retinitis

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 298-301

  Hsu, Wen Ming ^a   Chen, Steve S L ^b   Peng, Chi Hsien ^a   Chen, Chieh Fu ^c   Ko, Yu Chieh ^a   Tsai, Der Chong ^a   Chou, Ching Kuang ^a   Ho, Larry L T ^a   Chiou, Shih Hwa ^a,d   Liu, Jorn Hon ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cytomegalovirus; Macrophage; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MACROPHAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VITREOUS BODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CELL AGGREGATION; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RETINITIS;

EID: 0038278772     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070639     Document Type: Article

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