Infectious Uveitis in Immunocompromised Patients and the Diagnostic Value of Polymerase Chain Reaction and Goldmann-Witmer Coefficient in Aqueous Analysis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 781-785

  Westeneng, Arnaud C ^a   Rothova, Aniki ^a   de Boer, Joke H ^a   de Groot Mijnes, Jolanda D F ^a,b  

^a FC Donders Inst of Ophthalmology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GOLDMANN WITMER COEFFICIENT; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS UVEITIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UVEITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TOXOPLASMA; UVEITIS;

EID: 35348953787     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.06.034     Document Type: Article

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