HIV and hepatitis B/C infections in patients donating blood for use as autologous serum eye drops [15]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1724-1725

  Weisbach, Volker ^a   Dietrich, Tina ^a   Kruse, Friedrich E ^a   Eckstein, Reinhold ^a   Cursiefen, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS;

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DRY EYE; EYE DISEASE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BLOOD DONORS; CORNEAL DISEASES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SERUM;

EID: 36749014598     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.117572     Document Type: Letter

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