Confocal scan features of keratic precipitates in fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-42

  Kanavi, Mozhgan Rezaei ^a   Soheilian, Masoud ^a,b   Yazdani, Shahin ^a,b   Peyman, Gholam A ^c,d,e  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Negah Eye Hospital   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Confocal scan; Fuchs uveitis; Keratic precipitate; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; FUCHS HETEROCHROMIC IRIDOCYCLITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; TOXOPLASMA; UVEITIS; ADOLESCENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA VIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

PROTOZOAL DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA VIRUS; TOXOPLASMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649090150     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181acf674     Document Type: Article

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