Infectious retinitis. Diagnostic modalities.

J S Pepose

doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(86)33698-4

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Infectious retinitis. Diagnostic modalities.

J S Pepose

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Advances in surgical techniques have made vitreoretinal and sclerochorio-retinal biopsies part of the available diagnostic armamentarium of the ophthalmologist. Special studies can be performed on tissue obtained in this way in order to provide a specific etiologic diagnosis of virus associated pathology. The advantages and disadvantages of immunopathologic and ultrastructural methods, tissue culture, and nucleic acid hybridization techniques for viral identification are compared and discussed.

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Culture Techniques Humans Immunologic Techniques Microscopy, Electron Nucleic Acid Hybridization Retinitis Virus Diseases Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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J S Pepose. 1986. Infectious retinitis. Diagnostic modalities.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0161-6420(86)33698-4

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