Melanin-laden macrophages in cerebrospinal fluid in Vogt-Koyanagi- Harada syndrome

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1184-1188

  Nakamura, Shozo ^a   Nakazawa, Mitsuru ^a   Yoshioka, Masaru ^a   Nagano, Isao ^a   Nakamura, Hiroko ^a   Onodera, Jun Ichi ^a   Tamai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

EID: 0029823557     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100140384003     Document Type: Article

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