Correlation between clinical diagnosis and PCR analysis of serum, aqueous, and vitreous samples in patients with inflammatory eye disease

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-114

  Matos, Kimble ^a,c   Muccioli, Cristina ^a   Belfort Jr , Rubens ^a   Rizzo, Luiz Vicente ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Universidade de São Paulo USP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eye diseases; Inflammation; Polymerase chain reaction; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147146534     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492007000100020     Document Type: Article

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