Transfusion-transmitted virus DNA in serum, tear and aqueous humour of patients undergoing cataract operation

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 759-762

  Emre, Sinan ^a   Otlu, Baris ^a   Çankaya, Cem ^a   Doganay, Selim ^a   Durmaz, Riza ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aqueous humour; PCR; Serum; Tear; TTV

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACRIMAL FLUID LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED DNA VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TEARS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 36048956038     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01575.x     Document Type: Article

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