Viral causes of unexplained anterior uveitis in Thailand

Eye

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 529-534

  Kongyai, N ^a   Sirirungsi, W ^a   Pathanapitoon, K ^b   Tananuvat, N ^b   Kunavisarut, P ^b   Leechanachai, P ^a   De Groot Mijnes, J D F ^c   Rothova, A ^c,d  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Goldmann Witmer coefficient; polymerase chain reaction; viral anterior uveitis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; GOLDMANN WITMER COEFFICIENT; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA VIRUS; THAILAND; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84859779630     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2011.363     Document Type: Article

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