Polymerase chain reaction and goldmann-witmer coefficient analysis are complimentary for the diagnosis of infectious uveitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 313-318

  De Groot Mijnes, Jolanda D F ^a,b   Rothova, Aniki ^b   Van Loon, Anton M ^a   Schuller, Margje ^a   Ten Dam Van Loon, Ninette H ^b   De Boer, Joke H ^b   Schuurman, Rob ^a   Weersink, Annemarie J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UVEITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TOXOPLASMA; UVEITIS;

EID: 31944440307     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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