Clinical application of real-time polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of herpetic diseases of the anterior segment of the eye

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-31

  Kakimaru Hasegawa, Akiko ^a   Kuo, Chuan Hui ^a   Komatsu, Naoki ^a   Komatsu, Keiko ^a   Miyazaki, Dai ^a   Inoue, Yoshitsugu ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Corneal epithelial scrapings; Herpes simplex virus; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Tear fluid

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LACRIMAL FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TEARS;

EID: 41549113777     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-007-0485-7     Document Type: Article

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