Monitoring herpesviruses DNA in three cases of acute retinal necrosis by real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-210

  Asano, Shinya ^a   Yoshikawa, Tetsushi ^a,b   Kimura, Hiroshi ^a   Enomoto, Yoshihiko ^b   Ohashi, Masahiro ^b   Terasaki, Hiroko ^a   Nishiyama, Yukihiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ARN; HSV 2; Real time PCR; VZV

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; INJECTION; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; MONITORING; MONOTHERAPY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS LOAD; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 1042275614     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(03)00162-8     Document Type: Article

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