Quantitative analysis of herpes simplex virus genome in tears from patients with herpetic keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Fukuda, Masahiko ^a   Deai, Tatsunori ^a   Hibino, Tsuyoshi ^a   Higaki, Shiro ^a   Hayashi, Kozaburo ^b   Shimomura, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herpetic keratitis; HSV genome; Real time PCR; Tear samples

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA DISEASE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0141763893     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200310001-00008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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