The role of macrophages in Acanthamoeba keratitis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1271-1281

  Van Klink, Franciscus ^a   Taylor, Wesley M ^b   Alizadeh, Hassan ^b   Jager, Martine J ^a   Van Rooijen, Nico ^c   Niederkorn, Jerry Y ^b,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Chinese hamster; clodronate; liposomes; macrophages

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINESE HAMSTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATITIS; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLODRONIC ACID; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG CARRIERS; INCIDENCE; LIPOSOMES; MACROPHAGES;

EID: 0029990792     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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