Circulating antibodies against corneal epithelium and hookworm in patients with Mooren's ulcer from Sierra Leone

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1983, Pages 623-628

  Van Der Gaag, R ^a   Abdillahi, H ^a   Stilma, J S ^b   Vetter, J C M ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; CASE REPORT; CIRCULATING ANTIBODY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA RODENT ULCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE; NEMATODE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANTIBODIES; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0020526081     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.67.9.623     Document Type: Article

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