Interferon gamma expression and clinical features in patients with acute retinal necrosis syndrome

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 241, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 982-987

  Abe, Toshiaki ^a   Sato, Masami ^a   Saigo, Yoko ^a   Tamai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COMBINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; METABOLISM; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOME, VIRAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0346339426     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-003-0725-6     Document Type: Article

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