Diagnosis of tubercular uveitis by quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-27

  Sharma, Pooja ^a   Bansal, Reema ^a   Gupta, Vishali ^a   Gupta, Amod ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Tubercular uveitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PREDNISOLONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL LOAD; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CHOROIDITIS; EYE EXAMINATION; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA DETACHMENT; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TUBERCULAR UVEITIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84860514982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18695760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12348-010-0004-8     Document Type: Article

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