Detection of Histoplasma capsulatum DNA in Lesions of Chronic Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1551-1555

  Spencer, William H ^a   Chan, Chi Chao ^b   Shen, De Fen ^b   Rao, Narsing A ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID MELANOMA; DNA DETERMINATION; ENUCLEATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCULAR HISTOPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA;

CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, FUNGAL; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0242526946     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.11.1551     Document Type: Article

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