Immune reactions in corneal herpetic disease

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-39

  You, Timothy ^a   Pavan Langston, Deborah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; TRIFLURIDINE; VIDARABINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KERATOPLASTY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASCULITIS;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CORNEAL STROMA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0029921583     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004397-199603610-00006     Document Type: Review

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