Excimer laser photokeratectomy reactivates latent herpes simplex virus

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 570-572

  Deai, Tatsunori ^a   Fukuda, Masahiko ^a   Tomoda, Yumiko ^a   Higaki, Shiro ^a   Hayashi, Kozaburo ^b   Shimomura, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Herpes simplex virus; Real time polymerase chain reaction assay; Viral shedding

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KERATOPATHY; LABORATORY TEST; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEAR FILM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TEARS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 12144266836     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-004-0112-9     Document Type: Article

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