Experimental onchocercal keratitis

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 261-267

  Pearlman, Eric ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN FUNCTION; BLINDNESS; DNA PROBE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KERATITIS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030014331     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)10026-0     Document Type: Review

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