Altered hyaluronic acid content in tear fluid of patients with adenoviral conjunctivitis

The adenoviral conjunctivitis is one of the biggest causes of conjunctival infection in the world. Conjunctivitis causes relatively nonspecific symptoms, as hyperaemia and chemosis. Even after biomicroscopy, complex laboratory tests, such as viral culture, are necessary to identify the pathogen or i...

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Main Authors: JULIANA L. DREYFUSS, CAIO V. REGATIERI, BRUNO COELHO, JOSÉ B. BARBOSA, DENISE DE FREITAS, HELENA B. NADER, JOÃO R. MARTINS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2015-03-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652015000100455&lng=en&tlng=en