Ultrastructural findings in feline corneal sequestra

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 295-303

  Cullen, Cheryl L ^a   Wadowska, Dorota W ^a   Singh, Amreek ^a   Melekhovets, Yuri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b Molecular Diagnostic and Research Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corneal nigrum; Corneal sequestrum; Polymerase chain reaction; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; FELIDAE; FELINE HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; MYCOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 26244435973     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2005.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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