Detection of herpes simplex virus genomic DNA in various subsets of erythema multiforme by polymerase chain reaction

Dermatology

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-353

  Ng, Patricia P L ^a   Sun, Yong Jiang ^a   Tan, Hiok Hee ^a   Tan, Suat Hoon ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Erythema multiforme, drug induced; Herpes simplex virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Stevens Johnson syndrome

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME;

BIOPSY; DNA, VIRAL; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SKIN;

EID: 0344737934     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074112     Document Type: Article

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