Ocular tuberculosis: A clinicopathologic and molecular study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 772-777

  Wroblewski, Keith J ^a,c   Hidayat, Ahmed A ^a   Neafie, Ron C ^a   Rao, Narsing A ^b   Zapor, Michael ^c  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953327097     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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