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Identification of Potential Biomarkers in Peripheral Blood Supernatants of South African Patients with Syphilitic and Herpetic Uveitis

Corinna D. Andreae1 Division of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
, MBChB, FCOphth(SA),
Derrick P. Smit1 Division of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3206-8184
, MBChB, FCOphth(SA), PhDORCID Icon,
Nonjabulo S. Makhoba2 DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research; South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research; Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
, BScHons,
Martin Kidd3 Centre for Statistical Consultation, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4887-7296
, PhDORCID Icon,
Gerhard Walzl2 DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research; South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research; Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2487-125X
, MBChB, FCP(SA), MMed, PhDORCID Icon &
Novel N. Chegou2 DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research; South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research; Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8690-1699
, PhDORCID Icon
Pages 299-307 | Received 23 Jun 2019, Accepted 26 Sep 2019, Published online: 07 Nov 2019

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