Herpes simplex virus and pterygium in Taiwan

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-313

  Chen, Yeong Fong ^a,b   Hsiao, Ching Hsi ^a   Ngan, Kah Wai ^a   Yeung, Ling ^a   Tan, Hsin Yuan ^a   Yang, Kai Hsiang ^a   Huang, Samuel Chao Ming ^a   Lin, Ken Kuo ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex virus; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; DNA, VIRAL; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PTERYGIUM; TAIWAN;

EID: 41149108659     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31815ca667     Document Type: Article

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