Herpes Simplex Virus Genome Quantification in Two Patients Who Developed Herpetic Epithelial Keratitis during Treatment with Antiglaucoma Medications

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-128

  Deai, Tatsunori ^a   Fukuda, Masahiko ^a   Hibino, Tsuyoshi ^a   Higaki, Shiro ^a   Hayashi, Kozaburo ^b   Shimomura, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herpetic keratitis; Latanoprost; Real time PCR assay

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; LATANOPROST; NIPRADILOL; OFLOXACIN; TIMOLOL; UNOPROSTONE ISOPROPYL ESTER; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEAR FILM; VIRUS GENOME;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME, VIRAL; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 1442325327     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200403000-00004     Document Type: Article

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