Detection of complement regulatory proteins on soft contact lenses

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1270-1273

  Bardenstein, David S ^a,b   Sauer, Stephen ^a   Szczotka, Loretta ^a   Medof, M Edward ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

CD59; Complement; Contact lenses; Cornea; Decay acceleration factor (DAF); Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CD59 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030665851     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.12.1270.5028     Document Type: Article

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