Cellular immune response to retinal S-antigen & interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein fragments in idiopathic human uveitis

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 103, Issue APR., 1996, Pages 222-226

  Rajasingh, J ^a   Singh, V K ^a,c   Singh, V ^b   Sharma, K ^a   Agarwal, S S ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphocyte proliferation assay; Peptide G; Peptide M; Peptide R16; Retinal S antigen; Uveitis; Yeast histone H3

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; RETINA S ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARRESTIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; UVEITIS;

EID: 0029869744     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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