Lack of human papillomavirus in pterygium of Chinese patients from Taiwan [4]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1046-1048

  Chen, K H ^a,b,c   Hsu, Wen Ming ^a,b   Cheng, C C ^a,c   Li, Y S ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; CHINESE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA LIMBUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SLIT LAMP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TAIWAN; WART VIRUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PTERYGIUM; TAIWAN; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0042205445     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.8.1046     Document Type: Letter

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