Comparison of an immortalized human corneal epithelial cell line with Verocells in the isolation of Herpes simplex virus-1 for the laboratory diagnosisofHerpes simplex keratitis

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-6

  Athmanathan, Sreedharan ^a   Reddy, Sesha B ^a   Nutheti, Rishita ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERO CELL; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 34248367369     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-2-3     Document Type: Article

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