Use of multiplex PCR and real-time PCR to detect human herpes virus genome in ocular fluids of patients with uveitis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 928-932

  Sugita, S ^a   Shimizu, N ^a   Watanabe, K ^a   Mizukami, M ^a   Morio, T ^a   Sugamoto, Y ^a   Mochizuki, M ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; IRIS ATROPHY; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINITIS; UVEITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VITREOUS BODY;

ALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; DNA, VIRAL; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UVEITIS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 47049102832     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.133967     Document Type: Article

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