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A high viral load of Epstein-Barr virus DNA in ocular fluids in an HLA-B27-negative acute anterior uveitis patient with psoriasis

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan

    Hidemi Takahashi, Sunao Sugita & Manabu Mochizuki

  2. Department of Virology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

    Norio Shimizu

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Takahashi, H., Sugita, S., Shimizu, N. et al. A high viral load of Epstein-Barr virus DNA in ocular fluids in an HLA-B27-negative acute anterior uveitis patient with psoriasis. Jpn J Ophthalmol 52, 136–138 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10384-007-0508-4

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