Real-time PCR in infectious uveitis as an alternative diagnosis

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-261

  Dos Santos, Fabio Felipe ^a,b   Commodaro, Alessandra Gonçalves ^a   De Souza, Andrea Vieira ^b   Pinho, João Renato Rebello ^b   Sitnik, Roberta ^b   Garcia, Claudio ^a   Ribeiro, Ana Lúcia Pereira ^a   Muccioli, Cristina ^a   Lottenberg, Cláudio Luiz ^a,b   Rizzo, Luiz Vicente ^b   Junior, Rubens Belfort ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Eye infections; Polymerase chain reaction methods; Uveitis diagnosis; Uveitis microbiology; Uveitis virology; Viral microbiology; Vitreous body

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855165012     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492011000400006     Document Type: Article

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