Infectious aetiology of congenital cataract based on TORCHES screening in a tertiary eye hospital in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 559-564

  Mahalakshmi, B ^a   Therese, K Lily ^a   Devipriya, U ^a   Pushpalatha, V ^a   Margarita, S ^a   Madhavan, H N ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital cataract; Cytomegalovirus; Herpes simplex virus; Rubella virus; TORCHEs screening; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA VIRUS; SYPHILIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

CATARACT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 77951052602     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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